From cave paintings to DNA discoveries, scientists are constantly coming across new clues about their intelligence, culture, ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence that modern humans emerged from two long-separated ancestral groups, not just one. This ...

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

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The first-ever published research out of Tinshemet Cave indicates the two human species regularly interacted and shared ...

Cambridge University researchers have uncovered evidence that two distinct populations of ancient hominins, separated for ...

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

New study challenges the theory that Neanderthals originated after an evolutionary event that implied the loss of part of ...

A new study reveals that a mysterious human ancestors contributed 20% of modern human genes, potentially enhancing brain ...

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.

After four failed attempts, scientists have at last dated the skeleton of a possible human-Neanderthal hybrid found in ...

Researchers say they may have finally discovered the key genetic change that enabled all of modern human speech.