With the negation and complete stillness of symbolic consciousness of “higher thought,” based on words, images, memories and associations, the human brain is exapted for insight. And insight, when it ...

The Great Filter theory suggests that our lack of contact with extraterrestrial civilizations may arise from either their ...

According to some experts, six human species existed simultaneously around 60,000 years ago. They were Neanderthals, ...

Neanderthals relied on strategic ambushes that required explosive strength and precision, allowing them to overpower large ...

The Caveman Diet, also known as the Paleo Diet, is a weight-loss craze where calorie-counters pick foods they think early ...

Our species is defined by a long list of cultural and genetic traits that set us apart from our ancient counterparts.

The research in the *American Journal of Biological Anthropology* suggests Neanderthals at Cova de l'Arbreda alternated ...

Neanderthals and Homo sapiens reached a zenith of interbreeding 47,000 years ago, passing down DNA that is still evident in a significant number of modern-day people, according to two new studies ...

Neanderthals and Homo sapiens reached a zenith of interbreeding 47,000 years ago, passing down DNA that is still evident in a ...

Ocean: A History of the Atlantic Before Columbus by John Haywood and Tracks on the Ocean: A History of Trailblazing, Maps and ...

Smithsonian paleoanthropologists explore how the year brought us closer to understanding ancient human relatives and origins ...

Two studies came to a similar conclusion, highlighting a single, sustained event of mixing DNA. The findings could impact our ...