A fossilized human jawbone discovered in Taiwan is now thought to belong to a Denisovan, an ancient human relative.

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The Alabama Port Authority's Chickasaw Lead Line project has raised concerns because of its proximity to a historic district.

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This year’s Earth Day theme, Our Power, Our Planet, invites everyone to unite behind renewable energy and to triple the ...

The Phoenicians developed their ancient civilization with profits from the lucrative maritime trade of the Mediterranean.

The Argentinian marine biologist and conservationist has spent the past 36 years championing the world’s penguins and their ...

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Displays spanning two million years of history across six continents sit in the museum from the Rosetta Stone, ancient ...

The most useful map was a digital ... interviewing African-Americans in communities near the swamp, hoping to hear family stories about maroons. But he abandoned the side project.