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Three species of humans walked the earth at the same time, 2 million years ago

What is really exciting is that during the same time in history, there were three very different…

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13 of Matthew Perry's best Chandler Bing quotes and one-liners from 'Friends'

Here's our selection of some of the most sarcastic zingers that Matthew Perry delivered across 10 s…

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Ancient fossils in the 'Cradle of Humankind' are more than 1 million years older than previously thought

To accurately determine the fossils' age, researchers analyzed particles from outer space in the ro…

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Yves Coppens, paleontologist who discovered 3.2 million-year-old 'Lucy' skeleton, dead at age 87

Yves Coppens helped discover the skeletal remains of "Lucy," which showed that human ancestors walk…

Paola Rosa-Aquino   


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Anthropologists have found the oldest skull of one our of earliest human ancestors. The 3.8-million-year-old fossil changes our understanding of human history.

They discovered an almost complete skull split into two major pieces - the upper jaw bone was separ…

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This incredible animation shows how humans evolved from early life

The origin of life, Prokaryote, Cyanobacteria, Eukaryote, Choanoflagellate, Platyhelminthes (Flatwo…

Rob Ludacer,Rob Ludacer   


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Scientists may have discovered a new human relative. It lived on a tiny island in the Philippines at the same time as Homo Sapiens.

According to Detroit, 15 years ago, scientists' conception of human evolution in Asia was very simp…

Aylin Woodward   


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The reason humans have sharp front teeth isn't for tearing meat

Human men today have 10% longer canines than women, and this difference isn't unique to our species…

Nathaniel Lee,Shira Polan   


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Google's doodle is dedicated to one of anthropology's greatest discoveries

According to Arizona State University's Institute of Human Origins, if she was killed by an animal,…

Tanya Lewis   


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A new fossil just rewrote the timeline of human evolution - here's what it looks like now

Previously, scientists thought the Homo genus didn't split off from the more primitive Australopith…

Kelly Dickerson   


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2 climbers crawled through an impossibly tiny cave and discovered a new human ancestor that defies everything scientists know about evolution

The cave where the bones were found lies in a region of South Africa known as the Cradle of Humanki…

Tanya Lewis   


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What scientists found deep inside a cave challenges ideas of human evolution

Their feet were incredibly similar to those of modern humans, says Harcourt-Smith, who led the stud…

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7 Reasons Why I Refuse To Stop Eating Meat

Yes, vegetables contain iron - but not the good kind. Consuming plants gives your body nonheme iron…

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