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That could place the ancestors of Homo sapiens—modern humans—outside Africa, an idea which flips everything palaeontologists ...

Over a century ago, anthropologist Raymond Dart chipped an ancient skull out of some rock from an ancient quarry — and revealed the face of an ancient human relative.

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The search for past or present life should be the top science objective of future human missions to Mars, a new National ...

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek is retracing the path of human migration. More specifically, the scientific ...

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Scientists are building experimental computers from living human brain cells and testing how they learn and adapt.

The actual user experience of the so-called "human washing machine," which can complete showering and drying in just 15 ...

The agency’s budget has grown steadily since the 1960s, fueling an industry that creates lifesaving medicines and attracts ...

The fundamental nature of living things challenges assumptions that physicists have held for centuries.

Scientists have developed an experimental way to study how human embryos implant in a uterus, which may provide new insights into why miscarriages occur and how they can be prevented.