Scientists discovered humans descended from two ancient populations, not one. These groups split 1.5 million years ago.

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe.

Scientists have revealed a hidden chapter in human evolution, showing our origins trace back to the interbreeding of two ...

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe.

Humans' unique language capacity was present at least 135,000 years ago, according to a survey of genomic evidence. As such, language might have entered social use 100,000 years ago.

Learn about the new proposal for the origins of modern humans, suggesting that our species is a genetic combination of two ...

Our ancestors were making tools out of bones 1.5 million years ago, winding back the clock for this important moment in human evolution by more than a million years, a study said Wednesday.

Ian Randall is Newsweek's Deputy Science Editor, based in Royston, U.K. His focus is reporting on science and health. He has covered archeology, geology, and physics extensively. Ian joined ...

A research team surveyed the tracks in a study recently published in Quaternary Science Advances, reviewing multiple possibilities to discern their origins. The researchers ... ground sloths to some ...

So therefore, it’s really important for human evolution to understand when that happened, because it gives us a common ancestor of all the people outside Africa. Demsas: And I want to make sure ...

However, the exact point in vertebrate evolution when synovial joints first appeared has remained uncertain. To explore this, Sharma and her team studied joint anatomy and development in two early ...