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Twenty Percent of All Mammals at Risk of Extinction

Posted by Jennifer Viegas Mon Aug 15, 2011 10:36 AM ET | 0

Agriculture and hunting appear to be the main culprits in the animals' steep decline. Read more

Tool Use by Early Humans Started Much Earlier

Posted by Jennifer Viegas Wed Aug 11, 2010 01:00 PM ET | 0

Small-brained human ancestors used stone tools to whack into large mammals 800,000 years earlier than previously thought. Read more

Prehistoric 'Nutcracker Man' Built for Foraging : Discovery News

Posted Tue Jun 30, 2009 09:24 PM ET

New research on the fossil of a three-million-year-old human fossil suggests a fondness for nuts. Read more

Triceratops Butted Heads Like Modern Bighorns : Discovery News

Posted Tue Jun 30, 2009 09:24 PM ET

A new study of Triceratops fossils reveals that the animals used their horns and bony head shields for sparring with one another, just like modern-day antelopes and sheep. Read more

Congo Gorillas Thriving Despite War : Discovery News

Posted Tue Jun 30, 2009 09:24 PM ET

A small population of mountain gorillas is growing despite bloody conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Read more

Kangaroo Rats Get Space-Based Census : Discovery News

Posted Thu Sep 18, 2008 05:13 AM ET

The first-ever population count for kangaroo rats, an environmental bellwether species, will be taken from outer space. Read more

Earliest Known Human Had Neanderthal Qualities : Discovery Channel

Posted Sat Aug 23, 2008 05:13 AM ET

The world's first known modern human was a tall, thin individual -- probably male -- who lived around 200,000 years ago and resembled present-day Ethiopians, save for one important difference: He retained a few primitive characteristics associated... Read more