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A mystery that started with the discovery of a pinkie finger bone in Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia may finally have been cracked.

U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon spoke to hundreds of kids in West Pelzer, encouraging them to learn history in ...

Cats didn’t become house pets because humans needed them. They didn’t herd animals, pull carts, or guard property.

A conversation with Heilung co-founder Kai Uwe Faust about all the ways regalia is a vital component to their ceremonies, and ...

The Animated Series technically made it canon that a certain alien Trek species makes the exact same roaring sound as ...

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Excited scientists announced Wednesday they have discovered evidence in the UK of humans deliberately making fire 400,000 years ago, dramatically pushing back the timeline for when our ancient ...

1950: An unassuming bank clerk pulls off a daring bullion heist among the ruins of post-war London. 1956: An abnormally large ...

On Dec. 20, 2015, a landslide at an industrial park in Shenzhen, China, toppled dozens of buildings and killed 73 people.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Robots have long been seen as a bad bet for Silicon Valley investors — too complicated, capital-intensive and “boring, honestly,” says venture capitalist Modar Alaoui.