Scientists have long debated how modern humans evolved. For decades, most researchers agreed that Homo sapiens came from one ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence that modern humans emerged from two long-separated ancestral groups, not just one. This ...

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

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