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Fossils of a human ancestor from 773,000 years ago may be near the base of the Homo sapiens lineage, representing a common ...

Fossils unearthed in Morocco are the first from a little-understood period of human evolution and may be remains of a ...

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Mammals keep evolving into anteaters, eating only ants and termites, at least 12 times since the age the dinosaurs.