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

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.

New genetic research suggests that humans first developed language around 135,000 years ago when populations began ...

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

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.

Learn about the new proposal for the origins of modern humans, suggesting that our species is a genetic combination of two ...

Two men were convicted of human smuggling that killed 53 people in an overheated tractor-trailer, in deadliest migrant ...

Williams and Wilmore initially launched to the ISS on June 6, 2024, aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. However, after a ...

In a nutshell All modern humans share DNA from two ancient populations that split 1.5 million years ago and reunited through ...

One halcyon spring day in 1903, the 69-year-old anatomist and naturalist Dr. James Bell Pettigrew sat at the top of a sloping ...

Bridging history and memory in the classroom. I am now old enough to be teaching the children of my first students. Among that early group were many who had arrived in the United States as “boat ...