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Prehistoric nuclear family is unearthed
The remains in a central Germany grave may be the earliest evidence of people living together as a family. ...
Tomb of King Herod's wife unearthed, Israeli archaeologist says
Ehud Netzer says two limestone sarcophagi found near Jerusalem had once held the remains of a wife and daughter-in-law of the Roman-era ruler. In 2007, he said he had found...
Astronaut who lost tool bag admits mistake, says she should've checked that it was tied down
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) _ The astronaut who lost her tool bag on a spacewalk admitted Wednesday that she made a mistake by not checking to see if the sack...
Where There's Wildfire Smoke, There's Toxicity
Detailed particulate analysis of the smoke produced by previous California wild fires indicates that the composition posed more serious potential threats to health than is generally realized, according to a...
Feature: Speaking up on Asia Pacific sea-level rise impacts
An advertisement placed in The Australian newspaper began a unique, deliberative process inviting the country to consider the role that Australians might play should sea-level rise and climate change result...
Our ancestors had floppy, flexible gibbon feet
Our ape-like ancestors might have walked like today’s gibbons, whose super bendy feet give them a floppy strut.
Found: An Ancient Monument to the Soul
A monument in Turkey may be the first written evidence that the people in the region held to the religious concept of the soul apart from the body.
Long-lost 'Furby-like' Primate Discovered In Indonesia
Anthropologists have discovered a group of primates not seen alive in 85 years. The pygmy tarsiers, furry Furby-like, or gremlin-looking, creatures about the size of a small mouse and weighing...
Could genetic research awaken racist attitudes?
People are different, both physically and mentally, but genetically everyone is very similar. That's been the thought of scientists for decades now. But with population research becoming more and more...
National Geographic enters video-game jungle
National Geographic, the organization that brought interest in geography and science into living rooms through its signature yellow-framed magazine and nature television shows, is getting into video games.
Woolly rhino's ancient migration
Palaeontologists piece together the fossilised skull of the oldest example yet found of a woolly rhinoceros in Europe.
Plankton contribute to continental crackups
The skeletons of microscopic plankton that flourished billions of years ago may be tearing continents apart.
Anthropologist Assembles And Copies Skeleton Of Extinct Lemur
Scientists have nearly complete a skeleton of a rare species of extinct lemur. Collecting and casting of the lemur bones and assembling them into a near complete skeleton capped off...
Copy of Famed Lincoln Letter Found in Dallas
Texas museum finds letter from Lincoln consoling mother who lost five sons in Civil War.
Video - The Screaming Mummy: Tortured Among Pharaohs?
Who was "Unknown Man E"? Why were his wrists and ankles tightly bound? Why was he swaddled in goatskin, a symbol of evil among ancient Egyptians? Show airs Friday, Nov....
Video - Lost Civilization of the Amazon Rainforest
Retracing an ill-fated 1542 Spanish expedition, and the mysterious writings of their traveling priest which detail a thriving network of cities. Show airs Thursday, Nov. 20 at 9PM ET/PT
Video - Finding George Washington: Truths Revealed
Myths and mysteries surrounding the first U.S. President are exposed and exploded. Show airs Wednesday, Nov. 19 at 9PM ET/PT
Video - Finding Captain Kidd: Shipwreck Archeology
English outcast pirate Captain Kidd's shipwreck discovered near Catalina Island. Show premieres Tuesday, Nov. 18 at 9PM ET/PT
Great Pyramid Mystery to Be Solved by Hidden Room?
A sealed space in Egypt's Great Pyramid may help solve a centuries-old mystery: How did the ancient Egyptians move two million 2.5-ton blocks to build the ancient wonder?
Colossus of Rhodes to be rebuilt as giant light sculpture
One of world's seven ancient wonders to be reconstructed, but not copied, thanks to new funding
Darwin's mockingbirds featured in London exhibit
(AP) -- Two dead birds, one big idea. Mockingbirds collected by Charles Darwin on the Galapagos Islands may not be the most visually exciting part of an exhibition that...
The Incredible Journey: Microchip ID Reunites Owners with Cat - 13 Years Later
De cat came back--thought she were a goner,But de cat came back for it wouldn't stay away. [More]
Ancient pelvis provides development clues
BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Nov. 14 (UPI) -- A 1.2 million-year-old pelvis found in Ethiopia provides new insight into the size of ancient newborns, an Indiana University paleoanthropologist said.
An uncertain climate for change
Jonathan Lash of the World Resources Institute talks about the rocky road to the Copenhagen climate-change summit.
Ancient Greeks pre-empted Monty Python
For those who believe the ancient Greeks thought of everything first, proof has been found in a 4th century AD joke book featuring an ancestor of Monty Python's Dead Parrot...
Andrew Brown: Charles Darwin was not an enemy of the Christian faith
Would Christianity have been in better shape today if Darwin had never been born?
Human ancestors born big brained
Reconstruction of skeletons from Ethiopia suggests ancient humans may have been born with larger brains than previously thought.
Giant, Prehistoric Fish Rebounding in Canada
The white sturgeon, North America's largest freshwater fish, has bounced back in the Fraser River thanks to an unprecedented volunteer effort including fishermen and aboriginal groups.