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

A novel genetic model suggests that the ancestors of modern humans came from two distinct populations that split and ...

University of California, RiversideMany experts didn’t think such tiny prehistoric fossils would ever be found. Fortunately, ...

Life on Earth had to begin somewhere, and scientists think that “somewhere” is LUCA—or the Last Universal Common Ancestor.

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

Not knowing exactly when regular meat consumption became part of our ancestors’ diets is a gap in our understanding of human ...

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

Olduvai Gorge is a Unesco World Heritage site. It became well known in 1959 through the pioneering work of palaeontologists Louis and Mary Leakey, whose discoveries of early human remains reshaped our ...

Analysis - The ancestors of humans started making tools about 3.3 million years ago. First they made them out of stone, then ...

The discovery of 1.5-million-year-old bone tools in Tanzania suggests early human ancestors had advanced cognitive abilities ...