to ultimately shed light on the long-lasting question of what makes us human,” they write. The first such event took place 900,000 years ago, when a “population bottleneck” is theorized to ...

Find out if you're part Neanderthal, about the evolution of laughter, what language may owe to tool-making, and more. (Program not available for streaming.) Scientists have struggled for ...

But this book isn’t interested in gender, or heterosexuality. It’s an embrace of what makes us human, and the ways in which we avoid “making contact.” Betancourt wants to show that the way ...

Thomas Henry Huxley published “A Liberal Education” in 1868. He argues that “education” needs to be well-rounded to include not just reading and arithmetic but science, the arts and history.

Both elements of his biography are evident in Human: The Science Behind What Makes Us Unique. The book reveals a vast knowledge and deep understanding of the human brain, yet it is written in an ...