Some scientists question whether or not Ardipithecus ramidus belongs in the human family tree in the new issue of Science. “It was completely expected. Any time you have something that is as different as Ardi, you’re probably going to have it,” said Tim White of the University of California, Berkeley.  There’s more on the debate over […]

British citizens have returned artifacts that their family members had collected in Libya following World War II. “I salute those people for this initiative,” said Saleh Agab, head of Libya’s archaeology department. An ice cellar, or a cool place to store food, has been found in a Win Dynasty (221-207 B.C.) palace in northwest China. […]