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Ancient bones found in a cave in northern Germany prove what scientists have long suspected: Humans and our Neanderthal cousins lived alongside each other for thousands of years in northern Europe.

A container of bones at the Natural History Museum of Utah that sat in storage for 20 years has now led to the discovery of an extinct “monster,” in the latest reminder that museum collections can ...

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