Scientists have long debated how modern humans evolved. For decades, most researchers agreed that Homo sapiens came from one ...

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 ...

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

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

Map showing theorised migration routes of early Homo sapiens from Africa (Ted Goebel via Eurekalert) After groups of early humans went apart geographically, each subpopulation developed genetic ...

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.

For decades, most researchers agreed that Homo sapiens came from one ancestral group ... one group contributed about 80% of modern human DNA, and the other, only 20%. Traditionally, scientists ...

By analysing the genetic variations explained in the studies, the researchers could estimate the point in time at which Homo ...