Scientists have reconstructed the head of an ancient human relative from 1.5 million year-old fossilized bones and teeth. But the face staring back is complicating scientists' understanding of early ...

The magazine’s most-read articles of the year included a deep dive on the Scopes "monkey trial," an interview with ...

America’s debts — Revolutionary and Republican — to Rome resonate 250 years after Washington’s crossing of the Delaware. Mr. Iaconis is an author and educator who embraces Giuseppe Verdi’s dictum: ...

The Odyssey is officially described as a “mythic action epic,” an adaptation of Homer’s foundational saga, one of the major ...

This documentary uncovers the full evolutionary timeline of prehistoric creatures that shaped North America long before humans appeared. It examines how early species adapted to violent climatic ...

In Seeking Beauty, former Disney star David Henrie travels through some of Europe s most historically rich cities exploring ...

Dick Van Dyke marks a century reflecting on the lessons he’s learned — plus a new documentary helps celebrate the milestone ...

The sound of a choir performing in a cathedral is iconic for a reason. It’s this beautiful human experience: being side-by-side with other people, feeling the sound vibrate through you, reverberating ...

LONDON (AP) — Scientists in Britain say ancient humans may have learned to make fire far earlier than previously believed, after uncovering evidence that deliberate fire-setting took place in what is ...

Scientists in Britain say ancient humans may have learned to make fire far earlier than previously believed, after uncovering evidence that deliberate fire-setting took place in what is now eastern ...

I am only 7 days late in the 24-hour news cycle. Roman Protasevich and Sofia Sapega were arrested after Belarus air traffic control communicated a fake bomb threat to a Ryanair passenger aeroplane.

The fossil and genetic evidence agree that modern humans originated in Africa. The most genetically diverse human populations—the groups that have had the longest time to pick up novel mutations—live ...