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The Top Human Evolution Discoveries of 2025, From the Intriguing Neanderthal Diet to the Oldest Western European Face Fossil

This has been quite the wild year in human evolution stories. Our relatives, living and extinct, got a lot of attention—from ...

What is perihelion? Here's what happens when Earth is nearest to the sun

Here's how the astronomical phenomenon influences our planet—from the length of our seasons to the way Earth moves through ...