Anthropologists Still Can’t Agree On The Answer
The chin is one of our most familiar features, yet scientists still debate why we evolved it. Here’s…
Alicia Piller’s sculptural jewelry is otherworldly
“Oooh, look at this trash!” Alicia Piller was giddily flitting around her Inglewood live-work studio holding up resin-coated…
How Fearsome Wolves Became Loyal Dogs — and Changed Human History Forever
The dog diverged from a now-extinct population of wolves 27,000–40,000 years ago, before or during the Last Glacial…
Scientists Finally Uncover the Origin of the Mysterious Bronzetti Figures
Close up of a Nuragic bronzetti, a bronze statuette of circa 10 cm height with the typical horned…
‘Bone lady’ who helped find Daniel Morcombe still unearthing stories of the dead
It was a grisly find, even for the most seasoned detectives. Passers-by called it in. Firefighters arrived soon…
The World’s First Human Hybrid? Ancient Fossil Stuns Scientists
The skull of Skhul I child showing cranial curvature typical of Homo sapiens. Credit: Tel Aviv University Scientists…
The First-Ever Whole Genome of an Ancient Egyptian Reveals What Life Was Like 4,800 Years Ago
What was it like to live in ancient Egypt during an era of sweeping change? Although we can’t…