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Historians have long debated the height of Ancient Greeks, imagining either towering heroes or smaller-than-modern people.

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An ancient, shared set of human-specific genes underwent changes in a geographically isolated population after around 300,000 years ago, scientists say.

Ancient Greek myths of dragons, krakens, and other legendary creatures were inspired by real animals and fossils alike.

Ancient civilizations left behind enigmatic sites like the Plain of Jars, Nazca Lines, Paracas Candelabra, Yonaguni Submarine ...

From 1.8 billion to 800 million years ago, Earth was seemingly quite a boring place. Continents moved little, and life evolved excruciatingly slowly. Not much seemed to be going on, which is why ...

Analyses of fossils and ancient genomics reveal how early human populations bred less wolf-like companions, and how they might have traded them around the world. From Pomeranians to poodles, Saint ...

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Paleolithic tools found at the Namorotukunan site in Kenya suggest that early Homo species kept their technology going even through natural disasters. Starting about 2.7 million years ago, this region ...

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