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Native Americans Might Have Domesticated Bobcats 2,000 Years Ago

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Native Americans Might Have Domesticated Bobcats 2,000 Years Ago

Neanderthals Didn't Eat Rabbits. Was That a Big Mistake?

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Neanderthals Didn't Eat Rabbits. Was That a Big Mistake?

South Africans Made Paint Out of Milk 49,000 Years Ago

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South Africans Made Paint Out of Milk 49,000 Years Ago

U.S.-Issued Provisions Uncovered on Salisbury Plain

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U.S.-Issued Provisions Uncovered on Salisbury Plain

Explore 30,000 Years of African Rock Art

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Ice Age Mummified Puppy Is Oldest Ever Found

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Modern Human's Great-Great-Grandparent May Have Been a Neanderthal

Svante Pääbo, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

Kennewick Man's DNA Solves Scientific Controversy

Kennewick Man's genome was sequenced at the GeoGenetics lab at the Natural History Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen.

15 Pharaonic Objects Buried in Tut's Tomb

13th Century Gambling Relics Discovered in Utah Cave

Dr. John Ives

Scientists Say They've Found a New Species of Human Ancestor

Yohannes Haile-Selassie

430,000-Year-Old Skull Could Feature Oldest Evidence of Murder

Javier Trueba / Madrid Scientific Films

Human Ancestors Made Tools 3.3 Million Years Ago

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Leprosy Probably Came to the UK with a Scandinavian Man

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The Sarcastic Jokes You'll Find on Roman Bullets

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