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It wasn’t the size of human brains that distinguished people from apes, he theorized, but the way they were organized. He ...

The story of human evolution just took a dramatic turn. According to a groundbreaking study published in Nature, modern humans may have inherited 20% of their DNA—and a boost in brainpower ...

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.

"However, some of the genes from the population which contributed a minority of our genetic material, particularly those related to brain function and neural processing, may have played a crucial role ...

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Contrary to the popularised image of mankind ‘arising’ from apes, modern humans – Homo sapiens – did not evolve directly from the apes alive today, but rather we share a common ancestor.

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Of all primates living today, only we humans walk fully upright. But Lucy and other fossil finds reveal that more than 3 million years ago, a relatively small-brained, ape-faced human ancestor ...

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. Using advanced analysis ...