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Lucy might be one of the most iconic human ancestors, but she had a neighboring species that has gone unidentified—until now.

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While excavating at the ancient fort of La Loma in the northern Iberian Peninsula, archaeologists found the shattered ...

The data showed that a dog with a similar weight to a wolf had a brain volume about three-quarters the size of the wolf’s.