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Scientists are reconstructing the sounds of early human communication by examining fossil anatomy, primate behavior, and brain research. Evidence suggests vocal communication evolved gradually, with ...

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Scientists discovered some of the oldest bony fish fossils in China. The fossils explain the early history of animals with backbones.

Long before factories, mines, and cars filled the air with pollution, our distant ancestors were already living with a silent toxin: lead. A groundbreaking study reveals that hominids — from early ...