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Scientists have unearthed the remains of Sahelanthropus tchadensis, potentially one of our earliest ancestors. A new analysis ...

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In the mice with large-brain primate microbes, the researchers found increased expression of genes associated with energy ...

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One of the most complete human ancestor fossils ever found may belong to an entirely new species, according to an ...

For the first time, scientists have reconstructed ancient genomes of Human betaherpesvirus 6A and 6B (HHV-6A/B) from ...

New study of 7-million-year-old fossils from Chad proves Sahelanthropus tchadensis walked upright while still climbing trees.

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They drew with crayons, possibly fed on maggots and maybe even kissed us: Forty millenniums later, our ancient human cousins ...

A new analysis of these primordial bones offers evidence that Sahelanthropus was our first known ancestor to regularly walk on two feet, a sign that bipedalism evolved early in our lineage.