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

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Scientists have found that 20% of our DNA may come from a mysterious ancestor, according to WP. This discovery changes how we ...

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

The fragmentary facial bones belong to Homo affinis erectus, an esoteric offshoot of our family tree that inhabited Spain ...

The team suspects the specimens belonged to Homo erectus, a species well-known from fossils found in Africa and Asia but ...

For decades, the predominant view of human evolution held that Homo sapiens emerged in Africa between 200,000 and 300,000 ...