It’s known that modern day humans, known scientifically as Homo sapiens, emerged from Africa around 300,000 years ago, but knowledge of what happened before that has been rather sparse. But now, ...

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The fragmentary facial bones belong to Homo affinis erectus, an esoteric offshoot of our family tree that inhabited Spain ...

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

A new study reveals that a mysterious human ancestors contributed 20% of modern human genes, potentially enhancing brain ...

In the streets of Anyama, children play and braziers smoke on corners. There is little to show that the ground of 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.

Humans' unique language capacity was present at least 135,000 years ago, according to a survey of genomic evidence. As such, language might have entered social use 100,000 years ago.

The Spanish team says the latest remains are more primitive than Homo antecessor but bear a resemblance to Homo erectus.