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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…
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…
Polly Thompson  Â
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…
Paola Rosa-Aquino  Â
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  Â
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…
Aylin Woodward  Â
A huge explosion sliced through our galaxy just 3.5 million years ago, as human ancestors walked the Earth. Scientists think it was nuclear activity in the black hole at the Milky Way's center.
Satellites have detected bubbles of gamma- and X-ray radiation extending up to 50,000 light-years a…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen  Â
This incredible animation shows how humans evolved from early life
The origin of life, Prokaryote, Cyanobacteria, Eukaryote, Choanoflagellate, Platyhelminthes (Flatwo…
Rob Ludacer,Rob Ludacer  Â
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  Â
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  Â
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  Â
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  Â
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  Â
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…
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…