The missing link in the mystery turned out to be an event called the Cambrian explosion. It was only after it that living ...

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Stripped down to compression shorts and bejeweled with reflective motion capture dots scattered across my body, I recently danced before an array of cameras as a team of researchers looked on.

A new, wide-ranging exploration of human remains casts doubt on a long-standing theory in archaeology known as the Kurgan hypothesis -- which, among other claims, suggests that humans first ...

A skeleton buried in a fetal position is actually made of bones from at least five people who lived across a span of 2,500 years. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

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The skeleton of a middle-aged man who died between 1450 and 1620 was found with a prosthetic hand still attached to his left arm, which replaced four fingers he likely lost through amputation. When ...