Although certainly not modern, the Histomap is still a breathtaking example of good infographic design: A five-foot, roll-up chart that can fit an overview of human history on any wall.

Some 350,000 or more years ago, the group of hominins that would evolve to become Neanderthals and Denisovans left Africa for Eurasia. A few hundred millennia later, about 60,000 to 70,000 years ago, ...

Several years ago we created an infographic that charts the history of the Nobel Prize for Physics in terms of the discipline of the winning work (see figure). For example, last year the prize was ...