In a windy patch of desert outside Barstow, Calif., a 700-pound planetary rover named Helelani is churning its thick tires ...

“I see the name Juluren not as a replacement for Denisovan, but as a way of referring to a particular group of fossils and their possible place in the network of ancient groups,” writes anthropologist ...

For nearly 300 years, a family’s ancestral house in India's southern state of Kerala has been the stage for theyyam, an ancient folk ritual. Rooted in ancient tribal traditions, theyyam predates ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Muddy footprints left on a Kenyan lakeside suggest two of our early human ancestors were nearby neighbors some 1.5 million years ago. The footprints were left in the mud by two ...

For thousands of years, humans have come together in small groups to feast on food. Why is it important – and why do we still continue the tradition? It's a peculiarly human universal ...

AI can predict study results better than human experts, researchers find Date: November 27, 2024 Source: University College London Summary: Large language models, a type of AI that analyses text ...

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