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New clues about our earliest ancestors suggest they may have reached Eurasia sooner than scientists once thought. Fossils ...

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Two of the traits that set modern humans apart from non-human primates are taller stature and a higher basal metabolic rate. Researchers have identified a genetic variant that contributed to the ...

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Wild chimpanzees change the meaning of individual calls by combining them in different ways, a behavior that reflects how ...

Fossilized tracks from an early reptile are now the oldest known reptilian tracks, meaning the tetrapod ancestor most likely ...