Early human evolution may have been more complex than scientists previously thought, with modern humans evolving from two ...

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

"Our history is far richer and more complex than we imagined," said human evolutionary geneticist Aylwyn Scally.

Koch Hall of Human Origins,” which opened 15 years ago. Smithsonian's Human Origins Program. What does it mean to be human ...

New genetic research suggests that humans first developed language around 135,000 years ago when populations began ...

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.

The discovery of a human facial fragment aged over one million years represents the oldest known face in western Europe and confirms the region was inhabited by two species of human during the early ...

Researchers discovered uniquely human neuroanatomical features in a study comparing human brains to macaque and chimpanzee ...

Mexico's attorney general said on Wednesday that his office was investigating human remains found at a ranch in the western ...

Beyond human ancestry, the researchers say their method could help to transform how scientists study the evolution of other species. In addition to their analysis of human evolutionary history ...