The influence of an unknown population and its impact on intelligence was discovered in our DNA by researchers using a new ...

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

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

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 ...

Human population growth and consumption, energy use, land use changes, and pollution are driving forces of global change. How do these factors impact ecological systems and human societies?

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

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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.

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 ...