This is traditionally told as a straightforward story of human progress. After humans made the switch, population growth ...

History isn’t just about dusty dates, it’s how we decode the now. These 10 books make the past vivid, urgent, and deeply ...

The new method could reveal details of human history and prehistory, and of evolutionary history, that were previously impossible to know.

Diamond doesn't romanticize traditional societies-after all, we are shocked by some of their practices-but he finds that their solutions to universal human problems such as child rearing, elder care, ...

In the grand journey of human progress, healthcare is at a tipping point. Much like the decline of civilizations chronicled by Jared Diamond, traditional hospitals, once viewed as bastions of ...

Origins Mysterious Ancient Humans Now Have a Face Fifteen years after the discovery of a new type of human, the Denisovan, scientists discovered its DNA in a fossilized skull. The key? Tooth plaque.

Harvey Whitehouse argues that by taking control of our evolved psychology we can overcome divisive conformism, religiosity, and tribalism and work together for a better world.

“We factored 12 to 15,000 years of human history in Nevada,” according to Jeffrey Wedding, a Research Archaeologist with DRI.

Arizona Diamondbacks player Ketel Marte shed tears during a game last week, sparking a sports-world controversy.

Jared Isaacman was just a high-school dropout living in his parents’ basement in New Jersey before he became a tech billionaire — and now a space tourist set to conduct the first privat… ...

The case made national history, as it is the first-ever human bird flu case that was detected as part of the general flu surveillance system, rather than a targeted bird flu outbreak-specific ...