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A plantation worker photographed this new genus of mammal in New Guinea, thought to have been dead for 6,000 years.

Here’s a fun fact that might surprise you: Alabama is home to the longest natural bridge east of the Rockies, and there’s a ...

This tiny town south of Gainesville has quietly become Florida’s antique capital, a place where the past isn’t just ...

Analysing the births of a Utah family over seven generations has revealed that their disproportionate number of boys could be caused by a selfish Y chromosome ...

Homo erectus skulls from China’s Yunxian archaeological site revealed ages close to two million years—a million years older than previously believed.

Investigators used genetic genealogy to identify remains found in 1986, known as Cranium Doe, as Warren Kuchinsky, giving his ...

Our single-celled ancestor lived in a world without plants, animals or oxygen-rich oceans. Yet, this seemingly simple microorganism took the first steps toward complex life. From this ancestor emerged ...

A study of the Mani Peninsula reveals that over half of local men share a paternal lineage reaching back to the early medieval era.

In a paper in Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, researchers argue that a 7.2-million-year-old femur from the Azmaka site preserves a blend of traits consistent with an early, transitional ...