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First detected in 2015, gravitational waves may not have had a direct hand in human evolution, but it certainly helped set ...

Tracks from two humanlike species crossing paths in ancient Africa shed light on the tale of our specialized locomotion.

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Molecular evidence from a 2-million-year-old southern African hominid species indicates sex and genetic differences in P. robustus.

A rare breed of hunting dogs known for its forked nose, the Turkish Pointer, might just help scientists better understand why ...

For the first time, we have a method for extracting proteins from preserved soft tissues like brains – which could be a ...

A new method developed by researchers at the Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, could soon unlock the ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Human skin wounds heal at an average rate of 0.25 mm per day, nearly three times slower than in other primates, which heal at about 0.62 mm per day. This slower ...

Some people can't form mental images. Here's what scientists are learning about the condition known as aphantasia—and why ...