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Rethinking Modern Human Origins
It’s assumed that modern humans, Homo sapiens, originated in Africa sometime between 200,000 and 100,000 years ago. But paleoanthropologist...
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Neanderthals Had Knowledge of Plants’ Healing Qualities
An international team of researchers has provided the first molecular evidence that Neanderthals not only ate a range of...
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Breaking the Spell of Solidity
Excerpted from Evolutionaries: Unlocking the Spiritual and Cultural Potential of Science’s Greatest Idea: We’ve all heard about fossils and...
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Date of Earliest Animal Life Reset By 30 Million Years
University of Alberta researchers have uncovered physical proof that animals existed 585 million years ago, 30 million years earlier...
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Once-Green Sahara Hosted Early African Dairy Farms
The sandy dunes of the Sahara may seem an unlikely place for a dairy farm, but about 7,000 years...
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What the Amazon Looked Like Before Columbus
Ancient people had minimal, if any, impact on the outlying forests of South America’s Amazon Basin, and settlements near...
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Fatherhood Alters Men’s Behavior
Scientists say new dads exhibit hormonal changes and, in turn, alter their behavior, which suggests that having children influences...
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You Owe Your Life to Rock
Thank goodness for granite. If not for the formation and subsequent erosion of large quantities of metal-rich granite on...
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Ocean Garbage Patch Expands, Breeds Bugs
The great Pacific garage patch is giving sea striders a place to breed out on the open ocean, changing...
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Technical Creativity Needs Nurturing at the Grassroots Level
Efforts to promote sustainable development must tap into technologies developed locally, driven by community needs and priorities. The products...
