Strong Bones for Life
If you’re like most kids, you probably think you’ll never get old. Achy joints, failing eyesight, heart attacks: These are things you won’t have to deal with for a long time, right? So why worry now?...
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Long ago, many species of humanlike creatures shared space on Earth. These different types of humans walked upright and had intelligent minds. At some point, however, all but one of those species went...
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Scientists speculate on why ancient South Americans started preserving their dead
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Fossil shoulder blades suggest an ancient humanlike species may have been at home in the trees as well as on the ground
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Samples collected long ago may hold answers to important questions in science and medicine today
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Skull fragment suggests starving colonists may have eaten one of their own
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