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

Scientists discovered humans descended from two ancient populations, not one. These groups split 1.5 million years ago.

Languages: English. A lost chapter in human evolution has been revealed after an analysis of modern DNA found that we come from not one but two ancestral populations—ones that drifted apart and ...

MailOnline's graphic below shows this 'hidden chapter' in human evolution spanning from 1.5 million years ago (top) until the modern-day (bottom). For the study, the team used data from the ...

This article examines the fossil evidence of our 6 million year evolution. Darwin's great insight ... The fossil record, along with studies of human and ape DNA, indicate that humans shared ...

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.

Ian Randall is Newsweek's Deputy Science Editor, based in Royston, U.K. His focus is reporting on science and health. He has covered archeology, geology, and physics extensively. Ian joined ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies ... “It’s an important part of understanding how evolution works to go down to the smallest scale of evolutionary change, namely, what’s happening ...

We’re full of evolutionary leftovers Evolution can be a slow process ... These leftovers, or vestigial traits, are found in human beings too. The appendix is thought to have been involved ...

Meet 'Pink', the new face of human evolution in Europe Western Europe has a new oldest ... Face value - The Spanish researchers used 3D imaging techniques to flesh out Pink's full face. Homo ...

When evolution skeptics want to attack Darwin's theory, they often point to the human eye. How could something so complex, they argue, have developed through random mutations and natural selection ...

Using advanced analysis based on full genome sequences ... may have played a crucial role in human evolution," said Cousins. The study also found that genes inherited from the second population ...