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The world's 6,000 or so modern languages may have all descended from a single ancestral tongue spoken by early African humans between 50,000 and 70,000 years ago, a new study suggests.

The finding, published Thursday in the journal Science, could help explain how the first spoken language emerged, spread and contributed to the evolutionary...

The royal couple want a family but 310-year-old rules dictate boys take priority over girls when it comes to the throne.

London, England (CNN) -- The British government has accepted that laws surrounding succession to the throne could be "discriminatory" and that "discussions have started" to change them, CNN has learned.
Current rules state...

Louis Marinelli, who campaigned against gay marriage with the conservative National Organization for Marriage, has suddenly become a supporter. Eve Conant on his agonizing decision—and the backlash.

Last summer Louis Marinelli spent his days and nights touring the country with the National Organization for Marriage, waging war against gay...

An interesting footnote has emerged to a theory that raged around the Internet during Sarah Palin's candidacy for Vice President:
The theory is that Sarah Palin is actually the grandmother of her purported son Trig, not the mother, and that she staged a gigantic hoax during the campaign to cover up this fact.
Professor Bradford Scharlott of...