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On a 45-mile chain of WA trails, our writer got more than bargained for
ON ICICLE RIDGE, Chelan County — Weary, low on water and waiting for a lift from a helicopter, I knew I would have plenty of time to ponder the big questions. Like: “How did this happen? Where did I go wrong? Am I an idiot?”
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Modern human DNA contains bits from all over the Neanderthal genome – except the Y chromosome. What happened?
A mysterious century-old law of genetics may explain the puzzling genetic legacy of our extinct Neanderthal cousins.
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The Oldest Known Burial Site in The World Wasn't Made by Our Species
Paleontologists in South Africa said they have found the oldest known burial site in the world, containing remains of a small-brained distant relative of humans previously thought incapable of complex behavior.
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Remains found in China may belong to third human lineage
A team of paleontologists has found evidence of a previously unknown human lineage. In their study, reported in Journal of Human Evolution, the group analyzed the fossilized jawbone, partial skull and some leg bones of a hominin dated to 300,000 years ago.
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Friday essay: we knew we were Bundjalung – but I was shocked to discover a pardoned convict slave trader among my ancestors
When Shauna Bostock began researching a book on her family, she thought it would be limited to her Aboriginal ancestry. But then a late-night phone call led her down a surprising path.
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Yuval Noah Harari argues that AI has hacked the operating system of human civilisation
Storytelling computers will change the course of human history, says the historian and philosopher
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She was a sex-trafficked teen. Then she was arrested as a trafficker.
The handwriting was round and bubbly, the hallmark of a teenage girl. The paper was unremarkable, a lined sheet that could have come from anywhere. Tiffany Simpson had written and rewritten this letter, trying to get it right. She was 19 years old, and she was desperate to know the answer to a question.
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A Total Amateur May Have Just Rewritten Human History With Bombshell Discovery
Ben Bacon is "effectively a person off the street," but he and his academic co-authors think they've found the earliest writing in human history.
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100-Year-Old Breaks World Record for Working at the Same Company for 84 Years
The man who holds the world record for the longest career at the same company (for the second time!) suggests finding a good employer, working in a field that interests you, and focusing on the present. Walter Orthmann’s experience allows him to speak authoritatively about the subject. He has spent the last 84 years working for ReneauxView, a textile company (and counting). In January, Guinness World Records confirmed that the record he is breaking is his own. For the first time, Orthomann has been recognized for his 80 years of service to the company.
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Ancient Humans May Have Sailed The Mediterranean 450,000 Years Ago
Archaic humans may have worked out how to sail across the sea to new lands as far back as nearly half a million years ago.
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DNA from elusive human relatives the Denisovans has left a curious mark on modern people in New Guinea
Humanity carries traces of other populations in our DNA – and a new study shows how one of these ancestors has influenced the immune systems of modern Papuans.
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Recovery
The path to recovery starts with hope.
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The Drowned Scouts of Magician Lake
Wilbur Harper Sr. (W.C. to most everyone that knew him) heard his son shout and then felt a hard tug on his coat sleeve. He looked down to see his son Wayne’s ashen face staring wide-eyed at the lake water. “That boat is going down, Papa,” Wayne said. W.C. Harper followed his son’s gaze to the choppy water.
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Anger and heartbreak on Bus No. 15
As American cities struggle to recover from the pandemic, Denver's problems spill over onto its buses. Suna Karabay touched up her eye makeup in the rearview mirror and leaned against the steering wheel of the bus to say her morning prayers. “Please, let me be patient,” she said. “Let me be generous and kind.” She walked through the bus to make her final inspection: floor swept, seats cleaned, handrails disinfected, gas tank full for another 10-hour shift on the city’s busiest commercial road. She drove to her first stop, waited until exactly 5:32 a.m., and opened the doors.
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31-Year-Old Man Invited 89-Year-Old Neighbour To Live With Him To Spend Her Last Days In Company
A man has paid tribute to the woman he lived with up unto her death in what was an unusual and unique partnership. When Chris Salvatore, who is 31, moved into the local area, he didn't know anyone. However, he soon became friendly with the 85-year-old woman who lived next door, Norma Cook, who lived alone with her cat Hermes. Throughout the years that followed, the two would come closer and closer, speaking daily and learning more and more about each other's lives
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Artificial intelligence preserving our ability to converse with Holocaust survivors even after they die
Most survivors of World War II's Nazi concentration camps are now in their 80s and 90s, and soon there will be no one left who experienced the horrors of the Holocaust firsthand -- no one to answer questions or bear witness to future generations.
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Jessica Simpson Sparks Concern With Shockingly Thin Appearance, Fans Worry Singer's Gone Too Far With Dramatic Weight Loss
Jessica Simpson has completely shed her famous curves, leaving her fans concerned that she may have taken her weight loss journey too far. The 41-year-old singer-turned-business mogul sparked concern after she debuted a dramatically frail frame. Taking to her social media, Simpson appeared in a fitted black sweatshirt, tight jeans, and knee-high boots, but all anyone could notice was her shockingly thin physique.
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‘I’m the Operator’: The Aftermath of a Self-Driving Tragedy
RAFAELA VASQUEZ LIKED to work nights, alone, buffered from a world she had her reasons to distrust. One Sunday night in March 2018, Uber assigned her the Scottsdale loop. She drove a gray Volvo SUV, rigged up with cameras and lidar sensors, through the company’s garage, past the rows of identical cars, past a poster depicting a driver staring down at a cell phone that warned, “It Can Wait.”
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How the FBI Discovered a Real-Life Indiana Jones in, of All Places, Rural Indiana
A 90-year-old amateur archaeologist who claimed to have detonated the first atomic bomb was also one of the most prolific grave robbers in modern American history.
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Unfreezing the ice age: the truth about humanity’s deep past
The long read: Archaeological discoveries are shattering scholars’ long-held beliefs about how the earliest humans organised their societies – and hint at possibilities for our own
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