Piecing together the story of Europe’s earliest settlers is a challenge, largely because relevant human fossils are scarce.

At the Atapuerca archaeological site in Burgos, Spain, the oldest human in Western Europe was discovered for the third time, ...

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.

Humans' unique language capacity was present at least 135,000 years ago, according to a survey of genomic evidence. As such, language might have entered social use 100,000 years ago.

A new study reveals that a mysterious human ancestors contributed 20% of modern human genes, potentially enhancing brain ...

New genetic research suggests that humans first developed language around 135,000 years ago when populations began ...

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

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

Stone tools recently discovered in Ukraine could potentially rewrite history as the oldest evidence of human presence in ...

In the streets of Anyama, children play and braziers smoke on corners. There is little to show that the ground of this ...

One of the most profound questions about human history is when language, as we know it, first emerged. A new analysis of ...