While the magazine has closed, its living archive endures—open to all and preserving the many ideas, voices, and discoveries that deepen our understanding of what it means to be human.
A deluge of new findings are challenging long-held scientific narratives of how humans came to North and South America.
Stone Age Myths We’ve Made UpCommonly held views of ancient history are often colored by what survives in the archaeological record—and by cultural biases.
The Neanderthal Arm—Hints About HandednessStone tools and skeletons suggest that Neanderthals were mostly right-handed.
Scientists Find First Evidence of Humans Cooking StarchesMore than 100 millennia ago, people were roasting tubers over the fire, a culinary practice that fueled their bodies and may have aided their migrations.
The Neanderthal Throat—Did Neanderthals Speak?The third installment of our head-to-toe tour of the Neanderthal body tackles how our close ancestors might have sounded.
Could Mammoth Bones Reveal When Humans First Arrived in North America?Paleontologist Dan Fisher is challenging scientific consensus about when people first came to the continent and how they may have changed the world around them.
What One Tooth Means for Neanderthal HistoryA 100,000-year-old tooth found in the Pešturina Cave in Eastern Serbia bolsters evidence of Neanderthal presence in the Balkans.
Fat, Not Meat, May Have Led to Bigger Hominin BrainsA new theory challenges assumptions about when and how our ancestors altered their behaviors to boost brainpower.
Would Our Early Ancestors Have Watched the Super Bowl?There is an evolutionary reason why humans enjoy sitting around watching a fire, river, or television screen.
Visitor Log Chronicled for the Denisovan Family HomeNew studies write the history of a famous Siberian cave and unearth the oldest jewelry in the region.
