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Yves Coppens, paleontologist who discovered 3.2 million-year-old 'Lucy' skeleton, dead at age 87
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFrench paleontologist Yves Coppens, who died at 87 years old, at his home in Paris, on December 2,...
Science news this week: Lucy’s legs and ancient rock art
Live Science via Yahoo News· 12 months agoA sculptor's rendering of the hominid Australopithecus afarensis / An image of a rock painting...
Ancient fossils in the 'Cradle of Humankind' are more than 1 million years older than previously...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Sterkfontein Caves contain more remains from Australopithecus than anywhere else on Earth....
Cut-up prehistoric bone raises questions about early human cannibalism
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 11 months agoClose-up photos of three fossil animal specimens from the same area and time horizon as the fossil...
Fossils in the Cradle of Humankind site reignite debate over origins of humans
NBC News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFossils of early human ancestors found in a South African cave system may be 1 million years older...
Today in History: November 24, Ruby shoots Oswald
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoToday is Thanksgiving. On Nov. 24, 1963, Jack Ruby shot and mortally wounded Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy, in a scene captured on live television. In ...