Denisovans were an extinct human group identified almost entirely through DNA rather than complete skeletons. First discovered in Siberia, their genetic legacy is still present in populations across ...

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Human evolution is not a straight line but a complex branching tree shared with other great apes. This overview explains the ...

Scientists have discovered the oldest-known evidence of fire-making by prehistoric humans in the English county of Suffolk — a hearth apparently made by Neanderthals about 415,000 years ago — ...

Bronx: Everything connected with the changing of the name of the Kennedy Center to the Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts reeks of... Readers sound off on ...