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One of the largest gold deposits of the century yields more than 100 tons

One of the century’s largest gold finds is in Ivory Coast's Doropo mine - over 100 tons spark a $500 million mine plan and ...

Humankind's earliest ancestor? Scientists say a 7 million-year-old species was first to walk upright

It's considered one of the most decisive steps in human evolution. Now, scientists believe they have pinpointed when our ...

Earliest African cremation was 9,500 years ago

Archaeologists have discovered Africa’s oldest known cremation pyre at the base of Mount Hora in Malawi. According to a paper ...
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New Fossil Analysis Suggests This Seven-Million-Year-Old Primate Walked on Two Legs, Potentially Making It the Oldest Known Human Ancestor

Fresh findings about arm and leg bones advance the debate over whether Sahelanthropus tchadensis was bipedal, but not ...