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How did humans evolve, and will we evolve more?

  • Written by Evan Simons, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Anthropology, University at Buffalo
imageThis skull, found in France, was among the first fossils to be recognized as belonging to our own species.DEA /G. Cigolini via Getty Imagesimage

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