Early human evolution may have been more complex than scientists previously thought, with modern humans evolving from two ancestral lineages.

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

Beyond human ancestry, the researchers say their method could help to transform how scientists study the evolution of other species. In addition to their analysis of human evolutionary history ...

if perhaps in a different form, as humans encounter new challenges, such as climate change, space exploration, and artificial ...

For the past 150 years, scientists and laypeople alike have accepted a “savanna” scenario of human evolution. The theory, primarily based on fossil evidence, suggests that because our ancestral ape ...

When evolution skeptics want to attack ... could have gone through changes and complexities to form the human eye, with its many parts and astounding abilities. Through natural selection ...

Face bones unearthed in a cave suggest that members of our genus, Homo, reached northern Spain as early as 1.4 million years ago.