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Primatologist Jane Goodall kisses a chimpanzee baby on Dec. 20, 2004. Bela Szandelszky/AP hide caption toggle caption Bela Szandelszky/AP Outside…

Until Homo floresiensis was discovered, scientists assumed that the evolution of the human lineage was defined by bigger and bigger…

The age of exoplanets began in 1992, when astronomers detected a pair of planets orbiting a pulsar. Then, in 1995,…

A million-year-old human skull suggests that the origins of modern humans may reach back far deeper in time than previously…

Researchers have virtually reconstructed a crushed and distorted 1 million-year-old human skull discovered in China. The newly restored cranium may…

An artificial intelligence system has beaten scores of forecasting enthusiasts, including several professionals, in a contest to predict events ranging…

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When Homo sapiens first emerged in Africa some 300,000 years ago, we did not roam the planet alone.Our species lived…

In the spring of 2024, when Rachael Sawyer, a technical writer from Texas, received a LinkedIn message from a recruiter…

Dr Chi Eziefula, a menstrual health expert, explains which mammals menstruate – and how their cycles differ from other animals.