Scientists have revealed the most complete skeleton yet of our 2 million-year-old ancestor Homo habilis.

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A fish thought to be evolution’s time capsule just surprised scientists. A detailed dissection of the coelacanth — a 400-million-year-old species often called a “living fossil” — revealed that key ...

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