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

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

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

The oldest in Western Europe, this fractured skull has introduced a series of new questions about early humanity.

Humans stand apart from many other primates by taking more time to mature, relying on a supportive network during a long ...

Extended stays in space like that of Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, the 'stranded' astronauts at the International Space Station for nine months, are very valuable for devising systems to protect ...

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 research team at the Atapuerca archaeological sites in Burgos, Spain, has just broken its own record by discovering, for ...

Borja, Spain’s Ecce Homo, a famously botched restoration of a painting of Christ by an octogenarian, has held the crown of ...

The remains have helped to fill in gaps in the fossil record and move science closer to understanding human evolution in ...