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A 17-million-year-old ape fossil discovered in Egypt suggests scientists may have been searching for our earliest ancestors in the wrong part of Africa. The find challenges decades of research focused on East Africa and opens new paths for understanding human evolution.
After decades of foreign scientists extracting fossils and knowledge from their land, Indonesia has flipped the script. The nation now funds and leads major archaeological digs, inviting international experts to join their quest to uncover humanity's earliest chapters.
Scientists in Egypt discovered an 18-million-year-old fossil that bridges the gap between ancient primates and modern humans. The jaw reveals how our ancestors evolved in a much larger region than previously thought.
New fossil discoveries reveal how our uniquely powerful thumbs helped make us human. The evolution of our hands may be just as important as our big brains in shaping who we became.
Ancient humans in China crafted sophisticated stone tools during a brutal ice age, proving creativity thrives under pressure. The discovery rewrites what we thought we knew about early human innovation.
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin just cleared a crucial milestone for returning humans to the Moon. The company's Mark 1 lunar lander successfully completed extreme temperature and vacuum testing at NASA's Houston facility.
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin is hitting pause on its tourist flights to focus on something bigger: helping NASA return humans to the moon. The company will shift its energy to building lunar landers for the Artemis program over the next two years.
NASA just received a full-scale prototype of Blue Origin's lunar lander crew cabin and is starting astronaut training for humanity's return to the moon. The 15-foot cabin marks a major step toward the 2028 moon landing goal.
NASA announced plans for three lunar missions in 2025 to begin building a $20 billion moon base, with Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin leading the first mission. The project marks a new era of public-private partnerships aimed at establishing humanity's permanent presence on the moon.
Blue Origin's lunar lander just completed rigorous space simulation tests at NASA's Johnson Space Center, bringing humanity one giant step closer to returning to the Moon. The uncrewed cargo vessel will launch later this year carrying scientific equipment to the lunar South Pole.
Scientists in Ethiopia discovered a 2.6-million-year-old fossil that solves a longstanding mystery about early human evolution in East Africa. The find fills a crucial gap in understanding how our ancient ancestors spread across the continent.
NASA's historic Mississippi test facility that helped humans reach the Moon in the 1960s is firing back to life for the next generation of lunar missions. Blue Origin will test its New Glenn rocket at the legendary site starting this fall.
Scientists discovered tiny genetic "switches" that shaped human language ability before we split from Neanderthals. These ancient regulators still influence how we learn and use language today.
Scientists discovered ancient human ancestor fossils in Morocco dating back 800,000 years, revealing that North Africa played a central role in human evolution. The findings are transforming our understanding of how early humans lived, worked, and mourned their dead.
A new method has revealed that all living humans carry DNA from a mysterious extinct human group that interbred with our ancestors before they left Africa. The discovery rewrites our understanding of human evolution and proves we're connected to relatives we've never even found fossils for.
Nearly half a million years ago, ancient humans in Zambia fitted large logs together to build a structure—long before our species even existed. The discovery rewrites what we thought possible in the Stone Age.
Four astronauts launched aboard NASA's Artemis 2 mission on April 1, marking humanity's first return to lunar orbit in over five decades. The crew will travel farther into space than any humans before them during their historic 10-day journey.
Four astronauts aboard NASA's Artemis 2 mission crossed into the moon's gravitational sphere on April 6, becoming the first humans to reach lunar space since 1972. Tonight, they'll break the distance record for human spaceflight.
Scientists discovered that male Neanderthals and female humans formed most ancient relationships, solving a 20-year genetic mystery. The finding reveals how social choices shaped human evolution.
The United Nations just launched a worldwide coalition to put human rights at the center of global decision-making. The Global Alliance for Human Rights unites governments, businesses, faith leaders, and everyday citizens around a shared vision of justice.
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