There are at least scattered indications that the reviewers may be treading carefully in reshaping America’s core stories.

The 5,000-year-old craft connects ancient kings to YouTube stars, frontier women to museum artists, and protests to memorials ...

For the first time, a research team from the Senckenberg Center for Human Evolution and Paleoenvironment at the University of Tübingen and the Schöningen Research Center have reconstructed the genomes ...

A recent study dramatically pushes back the date for the emergence of our species, though some researchers call for further evidence ...

Learn more about the reconstruction of the Yunxian 2 cranium, and about what it might mean for the history of three human lineages: Homo longi, Homo sapiens, and Homo neanderthalensis.

The exact origin of human life is a topic that has not one but many well-known theories by experts. While some scientists believe that Africa is the place where humanity actually began, others have ...

The Brown University music scholar embraces cultures, storytelling and soundscapes to advance “fierce expression” through composition and her dedication to her work with students.

A Cambridge-led project seeks funds to digitize and restore 100,000 hours of historic scientific recordings featuring leading global thinkers.

A new study finds autism and schizophrenia may lie at the crux of what makes humans uniquely intelligent. "Our results suggest that some of the same genetic changes that make the human brain unique ...

Several mummified cats and the fact that the Ancient Egyptians worshipped a goddess with the head of a cat, called Bastet, suggest that cats and humans lived alongside each other. However, the exact ...

A million-year-old skull from China, Yunxian 2, reshapes our understanding of human origins and ancient human relatives.

Plague, and the infamous Black Death, spread quickly for centuries, killing millions. Plague still occurs but can be treated with antibiotics.