"Within the past 50,000 years most of the variation that is seen among human populations evolved," said researcher Jason ...

Witness the incredible journey of our species! From simple beginnings to the sophisticated beings we are today, human ...

Innovation in Stone Tool Technology Involved Multiple Stages at the Time of Modern Human Dispersals Feb. 7, 2024 — A new study illuminates the cultural evolution that took place approximately ...

Meet your ancient relatives, trace the origins and evolution of our species, and explore what makes us human. Embark on a seven-million-year journey, from the first hominins to the last surviving ...

Smithsonian paleoanthropologists explore how the year brought us closer to understanding ancient human relatives and origins ...

Ancient human relatives ran on two legs, like modern humans, but at a much slower pace, suggest 3D computer simulations of Australopithecus afarensis 1 — a small hominin that lived more than ...

Dr Huan Shi, from China, proposed evolution began in East Asia where ... Ancient DNA [aDNA] from the oldest modern humans found in Europe, which was published this week,' Dr Huang said late ...

"Some scholars believe modern humans may have originated in ... Maria Martinon-Torres, director of Spain's National Research Center on Human Evolution, called the site "one of the most significant ...

Ancient human fossils discovered ... of both primitive and modern humans – a finding that could potentially challenge the “out of Africa” theory of human evolution, scientists say.

A new analysis of DNA from ancient modern humans (Homo sapiens) in Europe and Asia has determined, more precisely than ever, the time period during which Neanderthals interbred with modern humans ...

took a long view of evolution. The researchers, from Germany, the UK and the US, analysed more than 300 modern human genomes spanning the past 50,000 years, and calculated when and where ...