She Was Half Ape, Half Human—and She May Hold the Secret to What Makes Us Who We Are

Scientists studying a 4.4-million-year-old fossil named Ardi may have uncovered the evolutionary step that turned ancient ...
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Million-year-old sea crossing near ‘Hobbit’s’ island rewrites early human history

More than a million years ago, early human relatives crossed an enormous sea to reach the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. The ...
Popular Mechanics

One Little Bone Could Change Everything We Know About Human Migration

Archaeologists working at the Orozmani site in Georgia said they found a 1.8-million-year-old human jawbone. The jawbone, found alongside stone tools and animal fossils, is one of the oldest human ...
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Oldest known evidence of human mummification discovered in Asia, scientists say

(CNN) — Hunter-gatherers in parts of ancient Asia prepared their dead for burial with smoke-drying up to 14,000 years ago, resulting in the oldest known evidence of human mummification, according to a ...
The Manhattan Mercury

Susie, oldest female chimp in captivity, dies at 71 at Sunset Zoo

One of the oldest chimpanzees in the world died Wednesday at Sunset Zoo. Susie, 71, a Western chimpanzee had been a resident ...
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Manhattan’s Sunset Zoo mourns loss of oldest female chimpanzee in human care

MANHATTAN, Kan. (WIBW) - Manhattan’s Sunset Zoo is mourning the loss of Susie, the oldest female Chimpanzee in human care.