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Even though one of the figures, a shepherd, has only one arm and one of the sheep is missing a leg, it will still have a ...

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After Priscilla Presley shut down a claim that granddaughter Riley Keough is the biological mom of John Travolta's son Ben, here's a guide to who's definitely related in Elvis Presley's family tree.

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A study published in the journal Science on Friday revealed that a reanalysis of an ancient human skull fossil, unearthed in Hubei province and dating back more than 1 million years, may rewrite the ...

After decades of excavation and debate, a new analysis argues that Little Foot — one of the most complete hominin fossils ...

Australopithecus is an extinct group of ape-like modern human relatives—or potentially ancestors—that walked upright and ...

Scientists generally agree that Little Foot belongs to the Australopithecus genus, but disagree on which species. Some say it ...