Homo Naledi's Bones Were Made For Walking … and Climbing
The small-brained creature's feet and hands show an intriguing mix of modern and primitive.
The small-brained creature's feet and hands show an intriguing mix of modern and primitive.
Noblewoman Louise de Quengo was still fully clothed in a wool dress, cape, bonnet, and shoes.
Just 450 years after the fact.
If a beard signifies wisdom, Hans Langseth must've been the most enlightened man in history.
The Kenyan village of Umoja has become a refuge and new start for women who have been raped or otherwise mistreated by men.
Genetic analysis of the ancestors of modern Native Americans supports the idea that there was one wave of migration from Siberia.
Less than half of the world’s cultures kiss their romantic partners.
It was never wabbit season (or duck season) for the Neanderthals.
Science is constantly getting better at reconstructing what life was like in earlier eras. And now, new 3D imaging technology shows us what our fellow human may have looked like many millennia ago.
Scientists have cracked the genome of a man who died in the Pacific Northwest 8500 years ago—and his descendants still live nearby.
There are three answers: A heck of a lot, not that many, and a whole heck of a lot. Or, if you want specifics: 5, 2, and at least 99.
In our last two macabre getaways, we planned an almost-cross-country trip to see various items tied to Abraham Lincoln’s assassination and took in the best of America’s medical oddities. Today, we go worldwide in a quest for more cadavers, gore and anatom
Always a bridesmaid and never a bride, B is the also-ran, the second best, the afterthought, the sidekick to the alphaletter A. When things fall apart, we go to Plan B; we’ll watch B-movies with B-list actors on basic cable if we can’t fall asleep; we’ll
Women are doing amazing work in primatology, the study of monkeys, apes, prosimians, and even humans. Although many are working on furthering our understanding of our closest relatives, we will take a look at only the most prominent.