A new study combining genomic analyses and fossil evidence sheds light on the century-old "Palaeoptera Problem," a ...

Theories that aquatic foraging drove human evolution have a fraught past. But the pair argue it granted stamina that other ...

Over his six-decade career, UChicago professor championed honest scholarship, diverse perspectives and his students ...

Sled dogs have been helping humans travel across the planet’s coldest regions for centuries, hauling supplies, people, and ...

IntroductionA former technology executive—with about 30 years of experience—makes this claim.“The AI safety debate is about ...

The first major evolutionary change in the human diet was the incorporation of meat and marrow from large animals, which ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: For nearly 40 years, scientists have debated whether some aspects of ...

Transparency is a core principle of the PBS Editorial Standards & Practices.  This is “the principle that content should be ...

“When humans migrated around the world, our gut microbiomes came with us. We're now losing many of those ancient microbial ...

A 165-million-year-old fossil has revealed an extraordinary Jurassic predator that may help explain how mammals developed one ...

Transition from paper trails to digital footprints has transformed the proving of facts in courts. E-mails, messaging app ...

Women are often thought to compete through gossip and exclusion rather than fists. But an analysis of ethnographic records ...