There's no question that humans have left an indelible mark on the world, but we're also inadvertently steering the evolution ...

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

Scientists discovered humans descended from two ancient populations, not one. These groups split 1.5 million years ago.

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

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.

Modern humans have much smaller and softer-looking faces compared to our ancient relatives like. But why is that? A new study ...

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

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, they ...

Evolution is nature's engine, driving and shaping genetic change and the diversity around us. Charles Darwin famously ...

A new study co-authored by researchers at Indiana University sheds light on how the forces that shape mountain ranges also ...

The left hip and leg bones from a young female Paranthropus robustus discovered in South Africa show she was extremely short ...