In the face of rising divisive narratives, South Africa stands at a critical juncture. How will the nation reconcile its complex history and foster true unity in a tumultuous modern landscape? Explore ...

Long-buried traces of Denisovan DNA have resurfaced in modern human genomes — and they may still be working for us today.

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek is retracing the path of human migration. More specifically, the scientific ...

New study reveals that no human society has ever been truly Egalitarian, reshaping how we understand inequality and human social life.

The discovery site at East Farm, Barnham, England lies hidden within a disused clay pit tucked away in the wooded landscape between Thetford and Bury St Edmunds. Professor Nick Ashton from the British ...

The tiny pantheon known as the Asgard archaea bear traits that hint at how plants, animals and fungi emerged on Earth.

After years of growing understanding and care about the lives of people with autism, America is backsliding dangerously under the Trump administration ...

Imagine a world where JFK lived to 108. Marcel van Adrichem's latest work offers a haunting glimpse into this alternate ...

Charlotte Parker is sadly unrelated to Peter. Mainly because he isn't real. But she does have a fear of spiders.

As AI gains more control over what people see, search and believe, clarity has replaced visibility as the true threshold of ...

Ashoka Mody critiques Devesh Kapur and Arvind Subramanian's "A Sixth of Humanity," highlighting its flawed economic ...

For decades, a neat story about human origins has floated through textbooks and documentaries: modern humans emerged in East ...