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A rock sitting quietly in a university lab turned out to contain something far more remarkable than anyone realized: what may ...
When archaeologists studying a fifth-century Swedish site found a human skeleton lying on the floor of a house, they wondered ...
Scientists have finally come face-to-face with an ancient human ancestor called Little Foot. A new digital reconstruction reveals the visage of one of our oldest close human relatives, researchers ...
WASHINGTON -- The story of humankind is reaching back another million years as scientists learn more about "Ardi," a hominid who lived 4.4 million years ago in what is now Ethiopia. The 110-pound, ...
Banner image: A petroglyph of a horse in the Ferghana Valley of Kyrgyzstan. (Credit: William Taylor) As anyone who’s spent time in the saddle knows, riding a horse can be hard on your body. But can it ...
Scientists analyze 22,000 genomes documenting hundreds of genetic changes due to natural selection over the past 10,000 years, including variants linked to celiac disease and multiple sclerosis The ...