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Is This 400,000-Year-Old Hominin the Great Grandpa of Neanderthals?A newfound, 400,000-year-old hominin skull has a few telltale features suggesting that it's more of a Neanderthal than a Homo sapiens relation, a new study finds.
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Cave-Dwelling Snail Named for D&D Goddess of DarknessA new species of land snail that lives underground in Brazil was named for a character in the popular role-playing tabletop game, Dungeons & Dragons.
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Ancient Cross and Menorah Carvings Found Side by SideHikers exploring caves in southern Israel recently made an unexpected discovery: engravings of a cross and a menorah located close together on a cistern wall.
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Glowworms Spit Out Urine Ingredient to Make Webs StickyGlowworms create dazzling threads to trap unsuspecting insects. And now, researchers think they may have found the secret ingredient in the worms' traps: urea from their guts.
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Scary Cave Spider? No, They're New Beetle SpeciesTwo new species of spidery cave beetle have been discovered.
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Scarred, Sunken Mastodon Hints at Earlier Human Arrival in AmericasStone tools dating back 14,550 years provide rare physical evidence that places humans in the Americas earlier than previously suspected — by more than 1,000 years.
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Ancient Hyenas Ate Human Relatives Half a Million Years AgoTooth marks on the leg bone of a hominin, an ancient human relative, suggest that the poor soul had a gristly end, a new study finds.
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Aloha, You Old Bat: Extinct Critter Doubles Hawaii's Land Mammal SpeciesHawaii just doubled the number of known land mammal species that are native to the islands, thanks to the discovery of a number of fossils representing a tiny bat.
