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Study authors say the teeth, dated around 780,000 years old, push back the date humans are known to have engaged in cooking by more than 600,000 years. 

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Famed “Turkana Boy” Discoverer Kamoya Kimeu Dies

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Paleontologist and “Lucy” Codiscoverer Yves Coppens Dies at 87

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Ancient Tooth Could Be Clue in Denisovan Migration Mystery

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New Evidence Complicates the Story of the Peopling of the Americas

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Infographic: Mixed Evidence on Human Occupation of the Americas

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Opinion: Another Species of Hominin May Still Be Alive

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Paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey Dies at Age 77

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Remembering Those We Lost in 2021

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Maurice Taieb, Geologist Who Discovered “Lucy” Site, Dies at 86

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Early Humans’ Brains Were More Apelike than Modern

Questions Raised About How an Ancient Hominin Moved

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A Gut Pathogen’s Unexpected Weapon Against Amyloid Diseases

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Universe 25 Experiment

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The Genes That Shaped Pets and Domesticated Livestock

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Taking Control of Cellular Contamination with PCR Testing

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Electronic Records in Cell Culture Management

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Nergal Networks: Where Friendship Meets Infection

A citizen science game explores how social choices and networks can influence how an illness moves through a population.

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Maximizing Lentivirus Recovery

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Unraveling Complex Biology with Five-Dimensional Multiomics

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Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

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