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Scientists have been vollying the question back and forth for more than a century.

Canadian scientists say evidence from cave art all over the world shows digits may have been ritually removed to appease deities or aid social cohesion

For the book lover on your list, Nancy Scheemaker, general manager of Northshire Bookstore on Broadway in Saratoga Springs, along with Janet Hutchison at Open Door Bookstore on Jay Street have recommendations for you.

The annual ASU Lecture Series at the Verde Communities will open Tuesday, Jan. 9, and continue each week through Tuesday, Feb. 27, at the Community Church of the Verdes. Each program begins at 4 p.m. …

Neanderthals were genetically predisposed to be early birds, and they may have passed on those genes to some humans living today, new research found.

Two dental experts explain that these furthest-back molars may be a not-so-necessary leftover from early human evolution.

An excerpt from ‘Eve: How The Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution,’ by Cat Bohannon.

Today, thanks to new artifacts and technologies, findings about our closest relatives are coming thick and fast

Chimps usually hunt for their meat, but a rare confrontation between a chimp and an eagle in Tanzania showcased their ability to scavenge.

From the smallest South American monkeys to the largest African apes, the timing of molar development and eruption is closely attuned to many fundamental aspects of a primates biology, according to Gary Schwartz, a researcher at the Institute of Human Origins and an associate professor in the School of Human Evolution and Social Change in ASUs Co