Scientists have long debated how modern humans evolved. For decades, most researchers agreed that Homo sapiens came from one ...

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

Two 7,000-year-old mummies from the Takarkori rock shelter in the Sahara have been found to be from a group with a previously ...

Amid the buzz around Booker's record-breaking speech, some social media users have rediscovered an unexpected fact—Cory ...

The first-ever published research out of Tinshemet Cave indicates the two human species regularly interacted and shared technologies and customs.

Researchers analyzed the ancient DNA of two mummies from what is now Libya to learn about people who lived in the "Green ...

Unlike Neanderthal DNA, which makes up roughly 2% of ... may have played a crucial role in human evolution," said Cousins. The study also found that genes inherited from the second population ...

One of the most fascinating discoveries in recent years is the evidence that Neanderthal DNA still exists in modern humans and continues ... from our ancient cousins are more influential than ...

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