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Newfound Human Species Suggests Africa Was Evolutionary Melting Pot
The most recently discovered extinct human species may have lived less than 1 million years ago, suggesting the small-brained hominin lived alongside several other hominins.
Miniature 'Hobbit' Humans Had Even Smaller Ancestors
The newfound ancestors may have been even littler than the hobbits, and date much further back in time, from some 700,000 years ago.
Why Are Human Babies So Helpless?
Human babies require years to learn basic survival skills like walking and feeding themselves.
Why Neanderthals Likely Fathered Few Kids with Modern Humans
Neanderthal men carried a Y chromosome that often may have led to miscarriages if or when Neanderthals and modern humans got together, new research suggests.
Trace Your Ancient Human Ancestry with New Map
The map reveals how extensively past interbreeding has affected people alive today.
Nom Nom! Paleo Diet Helped Humans Evolve Speech
Scientists who forced volunteers to chew raw goat flesh (yes, chew) have found that such meat-gnawing likely caused human teeth and jaws to shrink throughout our evolutionary history.
Rare Charles Darwin Letter Fails to Sell at Auction
A handwritten letter by famed naturalist Charles Darwin to a British marine biologist was to be auctioned off yesterday (Feb. 25) by Nate D. Sanders Auctions, a Los Angeles-based auction house.
