Early human evolution may have been more complex than scientists previously thought, with modern humans evolving from two ancestral lineages.

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

This article examines the fossil evidence of our 6 million year evolution. Darwin's great insight ... The fossil record, along with studies of human and ape DNA, indicate that humans shared ...

Contrary to the popularised image of ... the theory of evolution in his book, On the Origin of Species, but Charles Darwin also had some very unsubstantiated ideas about human beings ...