Using a new method of modeling genetic data, researchers identified a split in human ancestry dating back 1.5 million years. The two populations later reconnected. The mystery population (Population B ...

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

We've long assumed our species evolved from a tidy, single stream of ancestors. But life on Earth is never quite so ...

Fossilized bone fragments unearthed in a cave in northern Spain in 2022 have revealed a previously unknown human population ...

We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? While most estimates place the current human population at around 8.2 billion, a new study suggests we might be vastly ...

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

Researchers in Spain have discovered pieces of a fossilized face belonging to an ancient human ancestor. The fragments cannot ...

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.

Fossilized bone fragments unearthed in a cave in northern Spain in 2022 have revealed a previously unknown human population that lived more than 1.1 million years ago, according to new research.