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How Did We Learn to Talk? We Can’t Say for Sure.
In “The Language Puzzle,” the archaeologist Steven Mithen asks exactly how our species started speaking.
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More Black and Latino Students Admitted to New York’s Elite High Schools
The percentage of Black and Latino students in the eight schools increased to 12 percent, the highest since 2013, but…
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Man Pleads Guilty in Chinatown Killing of Young Woman He Followed
Assamad Nash fatally stabbed Christina Yuna Lee in her apartment. The killing raised fears at a time of anti-Asian attacks.
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Attack Ads Hit John Avlon in His House Primary Bid in New York
For months, the Democratic contest on eastern Long Island to choose a candidate most capable of unseating Representative Nick LaLota,…
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Queens Residents Capture Suspect in Rape of 13-Year-Old Girl
The police said the suspect, Christian Inga, was recognized after a public campaign to identify him. Investigators said he forced…
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Nvidia Becomes Most Valuable Public Company, Topping Microsoft and Apple
The chip maker’s stock price has jumped over the last year thanks to its stranglehold on the market for the…
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Planning the Resistance to Trump
More from our inbox: A New Nuclear ThreatThe Dangers of Solar GeoengineeringGaza Protests in BrusselsA Tribe’s Whale HuntKica Matos, president…
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Bob Schul, a Singular U.S. Olympian in 5,000-Meter Race, Dies at 86
His remarkable sprint in the final yards on a muddy track in the 1964 Games in Tokyo made him the…
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You Talkin’ Like Him? A Convention Lets De Niro Fans Get In on the Act.
Participants at De Niro Con in Tribeca could talk like Travis Bickle, shadowbox like Jake LaMotta or get a tattoo…
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Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Review: Faith, Meet Futility
A new tier of knights, monsters and freaks often exceeds the most demanding late-game adversaries of Elden Ring. Belief in…