The study of mitochondrial DNA has enabled scientists to trace a family tree that connects all of humanity to a single female ...

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Today, humans speak more than 7,000 languages. At least 135,000 years ago, our unique ability for language emerged. Language ...

Long before the rise of the Homo sapiens civilization, our ancestors walked the valleys of East Africa over a million years ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence that modern humans emerged from two long-separated ancestral groups, not just one. This ...

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

“Out of Africa” has some plausible ideas, namely that Homo erectus advanced and went into colder climates and became Homo heidelbergensis, which led linearly to modern humanity. However, that requires ...

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.

Explore the origins of human language and its capacity dating back at least 135,000 years, reshaping how we interact.

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