Bird flu is creeping toward human transmission − how do we stop it? - Recent animal outbreaks from a subtype called H5N1 have ...

According to the study, our ancestors split from a group 1.5 million years ago and rejoined them 300,000 years ago.

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 ...

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

Using two decades of satellite data, researchers found that forest loss and fragmentation were among the strongest predictors ...

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

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.

Some of the genes from Population B, "particularly those related to brain function and neural processing, may have played a crucial role in human evolution," study co-author Trevor Cousins, a ...

Researchers developed an algorithm that maps human genetic diversity and ancestry to better understand population history.

While most estimates place the current human population at around 8.2 billion, a new study suggests we might be vastly underrepresenting rural areas. By analyzing 300 rural dam projects across 35 ...