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The bold question-askers at What If examine a scientific theory suggesting aliens might be evolved human descendants.

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Island's famous moai statues are crumbling into the sea, forcing locals to face urgent decisions about how best to protect their heritage.

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For many New Zealanders, the Australian magpie is a familiar, if sometimes vexing, sight. Introduced from Australia in the ...

Humankind's tangled shrub of ancestry now has a new branch: Researchers in the Philippines announced today that they have discovered a species of ancient human previously unknown to science ...

Earwax might seem like an unlikely source of ancestral information, but this small substance holds genuine clues to your ...

Researchers recreated a 30,000-year-old ocean journey from Taiwan to Japan using canoes and simulations to test early human ...

Archaeologists have long thought that monumental architecture—large, human-built structures that emphasize visibility—were products of societies with power structures, including social hierarchy, ...

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On Independence Day, I will sincerely celebrate a nation that, despite its demagogues and fools, was capable of producing an ...