Tucked away in the charming town of Randleman, North Carolina sits a treasure trove of racing history that won’t drain your bank account – the Richard Petty Museum. This isn’t some flashy tourist trap ...

For Morgan Hill resident Richard M. Anderson, the COVID-19 lockdown of 2020 presented an unexpected opportunity. Faced with ...

Students at UW Tacoma may differ in belief, but they are all responding to questions about life, meaning and purpose.

Why do humans invent so many cool things?What’s so special about walking on two legs?And the big one everyone’s clearly ...

We are indeed still evolving, though it can be hard to tell because it happens over generations and often involves things you ...

Researchers found that ancient hominids—including early humans—were exposed to lead throughout childhood, leaving chemical ...

A recent study proposes a new paradigm for understanding the role of carrion in the subsistence of human populations throughout their evolution. Ana Mateos and Jesús Rodríguez, scientists at the ...

The Conversation/Renaud Joannes-Boyau et al. When we think of lead poisoning, most of us imagine modern human-made pollution, paint, old pipes, or exhaust fumes. But our new study, published in ...

During a remarkably warm period 400,000 years ago, early humans living near what is now Rome regularly butchered massive straight-tusked elephants, using both their meat and bones as vital resources ...

Our story began long before Homo sapiens—through apes, early primates, and ancient mammals that survived global extinctions and shifting continents. This documentary traces every key step across 65 ...

A timeline of genetic changes in millions of years of human evolution shows that variants linked to higher intelligence appeared most rapidly around 500,000 years ago, and were closely followed by ...