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The violent lives of Neanderthals are on display in 75,000-year-old remains showing a fatal spear wound alongside evidence of healed trauma.

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New analysis of a 13,800-year-old Alaskan Beringia site revealed clues connecting its mysterious inhabitants with Asia and the Americas.

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For the first time, scientists have mapped the true shape of a distant exoplanet orbiting a star 1,000 light-years away.

A rare ring found in a sunken Egyptian palace depicts the Lighthouse of Alexandria and hints at who managed the ancient ...

This week, we examine an incident involving an unidentified object detected near Israel's northern border that triggered a ...

Scientists say they are one step closer to reviving the long-extinct dodo, thanks to new advancements in artificial ...

Researchers have identified a microscopic organism with the smallest genome reported for any member of its domain, yet its ...

Magic tricks reveal how the brain forms reality, as a review of 55 studies explores gaps in attention, perception and ...

New research reveals how octopuses and other cephalopods developed some of the most complex nervous systems in the animal ...