The fossil and genetic evidence agree that modern humans originated in Africa. The most genetically diverse human populations—the groups that have had the longest time to pick up novel mutations—live ...

Ancient bones pulled from the soil of central South America are rewriting what I thought I knew about the peopling of the continent. Genetic work on 8,500 year old remains has revealed a distinct ...

A recent groundbreaking study has radically altered our understanding of human evolution. Homo sapiens, traditionally thought to have descended from a single lineage, is now believed to be the product ...