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Ardi (right) lived in a forest in Africa. Her fossil skeleton shows that she walked upright and yet had an opposable toe, good for climbing trees.

The Human Family's Earliest Ancestors

Studies of hominid fossils, like 4.4-million-year-old "Ardi," are changing ideas about human origins

"Paleo-artist" John Gurche recreates the faces of our earliest ancestors, some of who have been extinct for millions of years.

A Closer Look at Evolutionary Faces

John Gurche, a “paleo-artist,” has recreated strikingly realistic heads of our earliest human ancestors for a new exhibit

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Stephen Hawking's Initials in the Big Bang's Echo

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What Neuroscience Sounds Like

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The Barefoot Running Debate

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Nine Science Stories You Should Have Read This Year

From robot babies to counterfeit drugs, here's what you missed

A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that most Americans engage in moderate activity less than three times a week.

Are Americans Stuck to their Cubicles?

After a debilitating bicycle accident kept her inactive, Mary Collins toured the country studying Americans’ sedentary lifestyle

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Eight Awful Movies for Science in the 2000s

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Heart Disease Found in Ancient Egyptian Mummies

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Halloween Special: An Analysis of Blood Spatter from a Chainsaw

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Vaccine Week: Swine Flu Edition

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Vaccine Week: A History of Vaccine Backlash

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Vaccine Week: Success Stories

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Vaccine Week: A Brief History and How Vaccines Work

Surprising Science discusses the history and science of vaccines

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How a Liver Fluke Causes Cancer

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Fabulous New Fossil of a Human Ancestor

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Your Brain as a Musical Instrument

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Swine Flu: Worst Case Scenario

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Getting Lost and Wandering in Circles

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