New research has shown that modern humans descend from not one but two separate ancient human ancestral lineages.

More than a century ago, a distorted image of Neanderthals emerged. When a nearly complete skeleton was discovered in 1908 at La Chapelle-aux-Saints, France, its reconstruction led to lasting ...

Piecing together the story of Europe’s earliest settlers is a challenge, largely because relevant human fossils are scarce.

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.

An analysis of the semicircular canals in Neanderthal ears reveals evidence of a 'bottleneck' event, leading to a reduction ...

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.

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

Explore the origins of human language and its capacity dating back at least 135,000 years, reshaping how we interact.

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

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

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