Hair Kept Our Ancestors’ Brains Cool—and Gave Them an Evolutionary Advantage New research explains how scalp hair grows so long, and how its characteristics helped us thrive ...

I have an ancestor who was in Massachusetts in 1640. What is the best way to research ships that arrived before that time? Illustration by Melinda Beck I have an ancestor who was in Massachusetts ...

These 545-million-year-old fossil trails just rewrote the story of evolution Date: June 27, 2025 Source: University of Barcelona Summary: A groundbreaking study suggests that the famous Cambrian ...

The adaptive landscape of posture evolution in mammals and their ancestors. Living and fossil species with sprawling vs. upright postures occupy different adaptive peaks. Credit: Magdalen Mercado ...

A powerful Juneteenth commemoration brought together families with a complex shared history as descendants of enslaved people met with descendants of those who enslaved their ancestors.

Explore the revolutionary journey of the Magnavox Odyssey, the first home video game console, and its impact on the gaming industry.

New linguistic findings show that the European Huns had Paleo-Siberian ancestors and do not, as previously assumed, originate from Turkic-speaking groups. The joint study was conducted by Dr ...

Two titans of new waves, the B-52’s and Devo, will team up this fall for the co-headlining Cosmic De-Evolution Tour.

Noblemen, enslaved people, freedom fighters, slaveowners: what the complex family tree of the first American pontiff reveals.

Moving like your ancestors is the primal fitness trend gaining ground as more people shift toward functional training. Quadrobics, a workout where participants move on ...