This video chronicles the evolution of human civilization from 200,000 BCE to the present, highlighting significant changes ...

(Volodymyr Yakimchuk/Creatas Video+/Getty Images Plus) A seismic shift in the selection pressures acting on humans may have brought us to a major turning point in our evolutionary journey. According ...

Over the horizon, long term planning is not the strong suit of great apes like us. Homo sapiens are highly socialized animals prone to cooperate when necessary. But we are just as prone to strike up ...

How common is technologically advanced life in the Universe? This question has intrigued humanity for centuries, yet, despite great progress in our understanding of both astronomy and biology, we ...

Anthropolohical evidence in the Duanshankou river in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau suggests this was an important prehistoric occupation site in the Hexi Corridor, which later become part of the ...