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Deep inside a cave system in Europe, a 60,000‑year‑old assemblage of human remains and artifacts has forced researchers to rethink how our species emerged and spread. Instead of a neat story in which ...

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Located in Malawi, the site could also be the world's earliest example of an in situ cremation pyre for an adult, according ...

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While Thrinaxodon liorhinus didn’t yet have the sophisticated hearing equipment of modern mammals, it shows that eardrums ...

True competence now lies in the synthesis. Just as Da Vinci used the science of geometry to perfect the art of perspective, ...

Learn about Prototaxites, a bizarre group of prehistoric organisms that fall within an unknown lineage of extinct life.

The production, part of the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, is improvised, but many of the discussions between ...

If you’ve ever spent time around horses—or perhaps even if you haven’t—you may have heard a strange but true fact: horses can’t burp, vomit, or breathe through their mouths. This is not an urban ...