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

(that’s us) did not descend from a neat, single lineage. Instead, modern humans can link their heritage back to at least two ...

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

Researchers say they may have finally discovered the key genetic change that enabled all of modern human speech.

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.

Internal testing by the Environment Agency has provided insight into pollution at two sites that were the first to be ...

After years of research into xenotransplantation, the field is at a turning point—yet risks and ethical issues remain ...

This date serves as a “lower boundary” for when language capacity must have emerged. But since Homo sapiens is at least ...

Can reprogramming our genes make us young again? A breakthrough in longevity research may be nearing its first human trials.

Scientists analyzed the lengths of regions of Neanderthal DNA in 58 ancient ... of aurochs -- the animals that were the focus of some of the most iconic early human art -- by analyzing 38 genomes ...