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Man who spent 38 years in prison for bartender’s 1987 murder has conviction overturned: “I am not angry”

A man who spent nearly four decades in a British prison in the killing of a bartender said he was not angry or bitter Tuesday as his murder conviction was overturned because of newly available DNA evidence. Peter Sullivan put his hand over his mouth and appeared to become emotional as the Court of Appeal […]

Science

Ancient jawbone found in sea belongs to mysterious human ancestors, scientists say

An ancient jawbone discovered in Taiwan belonged to an enigmatic group of early human ancestors called Denisovans, scientists reported Thursday. Relatively little is known about Denisovans, an extinct group of human cousins that interacted with Neanderthals and our own species, Homo sapiens. “Denisovan fossils are very scarce,” with only a few confirmed finds in East […]

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