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When Ella al-Shamahi went to college, she thought she'd be able to prove Darwin's theory of evolution was wrong. Instead, she was convinced the science was right.

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Recent research on human evolution suggests that the extinction of our Neanderthal cousins may have been hastened by ...

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What scientific knowledge is and is not presumed in legal reasoning, and what are the differences between what is and what is ...

We are more likely to advance human dignity and ecological sustainability if we focus less on “Why are those people so bad?” ...

Venus figurines, with exaggerated sexual characteristics such as big hips and breasts, began appearing about 40,000 years ago ...

Fungi’s evolutionary roots stretch far deeper than once believed — up to 1.4 billion years ago, long before plants or animals ...

Madagascar's landscape tells a story of deep time: ancient rifting and geological tilting sculpted the island's dramatic ...