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The hominin wall at the Natural History Museum of Utah in Salt Lake City.

What is Darwin's Theory of Evolution?

By Ker Than, Ashley P. Taylor, Tom Garner last updated

Reference In 1859, Charles Darwin published his ideas that humans and animals change over time. But what is the Theory of Evolution?

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Origin of Life: What Are the Odds?

By Robert Roy Britt last updated

How life began is one of life's great mysteries.

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Talk, Talk, Talk: One Thing We Do Better than Apes

By Meredith F. Small last updated

Chat is what humans are all about.

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an illustration of a Neanderthal face

As Myth Marries Science, the Origin Story Matters (Op-Ed)

By Roger Briggs last updated

In modern times, scientific understanding replaces myths as the origin story for humanity.

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Selfless Chimps Shed Light on Evolution of Altruism

By Charles Q. Choi last updated

Chimpanzees help strangers without apparent expectation of personal gain.

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Denisovan molar found

Genome of Mysterious Extinct Human Reveals Brown-Eyed Girl

By Charles Q. Choi last updated

... and other surprises are revealed in the Denisovan DNA.

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teeth from a new branch of ancient humans

Now-Extinct Relative Had Sex with Humans Far and Wide

By Charles Q. Choi last updated

The Denisovans spanned from Siberia to Asia, leaving evidence of interbreeding in modern humans.

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The mysterious Denisovans are known only from molars and a finger bone that were unearthed in the Denisova Cave (shown here) in the Altai Mountains in Siberia.

Neanderthals Weren't Humans' Only Mating Partners. Meet the Denisovans.

By Charles Q. Choi last updated

The mysterious extinct human lineage known as the Denisovans may have interbred with modern humans in at least two separate waves, a new study finds.

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An artist's illustration of a mammal ancestor breathing out hot air on a cold night, a hint that it is warm-blooded.

Scientists pinpoint the exact moment in evolutionary time when mammals became warm-blooded

By Ben Turner published

Scientists figured out the origin of warm-bloodedness in mammals by analyzing the ears of 341 living and extinct species.

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One of the recently recovered notebooks features Charles Darwin's first sketch of the "tree of life."

Charles Darwin's stolen 'tree of life' notebooks returned after 20 years

By Harry Baker published

A pair of Charles Darwin's notebooks, which were stolen in late 2000, have been anonymously returned to the library that once held them.

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