An international study claims lead was a problem for our ancestors and Homo sapiens might have had a genetic edge over other ...

In the grand story of evolution, the crowning human distinction is our big brain. But our large heads have been slow to ...

Discover how Homo sapiens outlasted Neanderthals – and how they helped make us who we are today. For 400,000 years, Neanderthals thrived across frigid, Ice Age Europe. What happened when Homo sapiens ...

Archaeologists in Ukraine uncovered 400,000-year-old ivory tools, the oldest ever found. Long before Homo sapiens existed, ...

It’s called “radical mundanity,” which means the true aliens (unlike the “illegal aliens” presently being hunted and treated like rabid dogs on American streets by ICE) are simply bored out of their ...

Once depicted as barbaric, grunting, sub-humans, Neanderthals are now known to have had the same or similar levels of intelligence as modern humans. They also had their own distinct culture. Here we ...

The humble transistor - smaller than a speck of dust — has been made more than any other invention in history, powering ...

It kinda makes sense, when you really stop and think about it: On a typical Android device — the type 99% of Homo sapiens ...

Frankly, I doubt that the human race is going to become the first species in recorded history that chooses to go extinct ...

Neko Case emphasized small details and natural experiences to delightful effect Thursday at Salt Shed. That approach extended ...

So neuroscientific research, and the supervised use of psychedelics appear to confirm a phenomenon that occurs in the brains of adept meditators: the dissolution of ego, which allows direct perception ...

Jane Goodall, the legendary primatologist, worked tirelessly for peace and harmony between humans and wild animals, and for a climate-safe Earth ...