A 1894 discovery on Java's Solo River, initially dubbed Java Man, has reshaped our understanding of early human origins.

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The extinct human species Homo floresiensis was a scavenger, not a hunter, an analysis of fossil animal bones reveals.

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A mosquito-borne virus circulating since the 1700s went unnoticed until genomic sequencing revealed its centuries-long ...

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Fossils unearthed in Ethiopia are reshaping our view of human evolution. Instead of a straight march from ape-like ancestors to modern humans, researchers now see a tangled, branching tree with ...

Exceptionally preserved fossils from China reveal that bryozoans were already thriving during the Cambrian explosion.