Music as a Cultural Force Music has always been more than sound; it is a cultural force that reflects history, identity, and ...

Shamahi charts humanity's evolutionary odyssey. We sat down with her to discuss the path of our species out of Africa to ...

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A new study suggests culture is reshaping human evolution faster than DNA, redefining how our species adapts, survives, and ...

Paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi travels the world digging into the origin of Homo sapiens in a five-part BBC series debuting Wednesday on PBS.

The questions of how humankind came to be, and whether we are alone in the universe, have captured imaginations for millennia ...

Genetics may no longer be the driving force of human evolution, a study by researchers from the University of Maine suggests.

Researchers at the University of Maine are theorizing that human beings may be in the midst of a major evolutionary ...

Volcanic eruptions are excellent timekeepers because they happen very quickly, geologically speaking. As hot magma erupts, it cools and solidifies into volcanic ash particles and pumice rocks. Pumice ...

On remote islands of Papua New Guinea, people carry a story that ties us all back to our deepest roots. Although their striking appearance once puzzled scientists, new genetic evidence shows they ...

I believe mid-century architecture principles can help solve some of healthcare’s most complex technological challenges.

In this evocative May 1945 essay, author Joseph Hudnut, the founding dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Design, is ...