The age of the lines and how they were formed still needs to be verified, but there is a chance this may be one of the oldest ...

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

Carlos Museum through June 22, is one of the most gorgeous and profound exhibitions you are likely to see this year. Carlos Museum Director Henry Kim is correct when he calls it one of the most ...

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.

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

Cambridge University researchers have uncovered evidence that two distinct populations of ancient hominins, separated for ...

European Neolithic hunter-gatherer groups traveled the sea to make their home in Africa, according to a new archaeological ...

Stone tools recently discovered in Ukraine could potentially rewrite history as the oldest evidence of human presence in ...

DNA recovered from archaeological remains of ancient humans who lived in what is now Tunisia and northeastern Algeria reveals ...

Koch Hall of Human Origins,” which opened 15 years ago. Smithsonian's Human Origins Program. What does it mean to be human ...

Roughly 8,000-year-old remains unearthed from present-day Tunisia held a surprise: European hunter-gatherer ancestry ...