Researchers used a new method to investigate past interbreeding with Homo sapiens that doesn't require ancient DNA. The ...

Modern humans still carry DNA from two previously unknown extinct human lineages, according to a new study from the ...

UC Berkeley researchers have identified regions of DNA that humans inherited from two unknown ancestors as a result of ...

The research reveals the complex process of human evolution across millions of years of interbreeding with other Homo ...

Humans carry the DNA of two mysterious “ghost” ancestors who passed on their genes before going extinct, researchers have said.

Modern humans carry DNA from two mysterious extinct lineages in addition to Neanderthals and Denisovans. Their hidden genetic ...

In a new Science study, scientists read the family tree buried inside modern genomes and turned up “ghost ancestors” in every ...

Walking upright all the time is one of the unique features that sets Homo sapiens apart from other primates still around today. But, before we stood up and started strolling, how did our ancestors ...

Scientists found deformed head shapes in fossilized humans show their infants were probably just as helpless as babies born ...

A sweet tooth for sugars from fruits and honey may have helped fuel brain growth in our primate cousins and early human ...

Imagine the scene, around 3 million years ago in what is now east Africa. By the side of a river, an injured antelope keels over and draws its last breath. The carcass is soon set on by hyenas, who ...

Catalan researchers believe the new finds at the Gran Dolina cave in Burgos, northern Spain, shows that distant Homo Sapiens ...