Aug 15, 2025 · Once humans left Africa, "you have so much complexity that it makes no sense to say there was only one origin of Homo sapiens," Athreya said.

Mar 18, 2025 · A novel genetic model suggests that the ancestors of modern humans came from two distinct populations that split and reconnected during our evolutionary history.

Dec 11, 2023 · When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The origin of our species, Homo sapiens, has puzzled paleoanthropologists for …

Jun 20, 2025 · Archaeology Human Evolution Who were the Denisovans, archaic humans who lived in Asia and went extinct around 30,000 years ago?

Sep 25, 2025 · Reconstruction of a 1 million-year-old skull shows that early human groups split and diversified quickly.

Oct 14, 2022 · Charles Darwin's theory of evolution and natural selection isn't an idea with holes. It's one of the most solid theories in science. But what exactly is it?

Nov 11, 2009 · Editor's Note: This is Part 8 in a 10-part LiveScience series on the origin, evolution and future of the human species and the mysteries that remain to be solved. The way humans make and …

Jan 27, 2012 · Another clue linking hiccups in humans to these creatures is the electrical origin of the hiccup trigger in our brain, according to Neil Shubin, a professor of organismal biology and anatomy …

Aug 18, 2024 · When did humans first roast food over a fire? Archaeology and biology can shed light on this mystery.

Jan 14, 2014 · Centuries of scientific discovery reveal humanity's origin story, and its many twists and turns, from the Big Bang to the dawn of human civilization.