We need to hold ourselves and our leaders accountable on promises to fulfill human rights abroad, and encourage them to do so ...

Scientists have uncovered a “hidden chapter” in the history of human evolution and it turns out it’s much more complex than previously thought. It’s known that modern day humans, known scientifically ...

Across the Assassin's Creed series Ubisoft has changed dozens of historical facts to better suit the story being told. These ...

Teaching world history often feels like trying to pour the ocean into a teacup. Its vast scope and complexity can overwhelm both students and educators, reducing the subject to a fragmented parade of ...

Director Ryan Andrej Lough discusses the role John C. Reilly played in making the film and how a divided U.S. may react to his Copenhagen-debuting doc that examines hyper-capitalism as "the most ...

Jurors took just one hour to convict Felipe Orduna-Torres and Armando Gonzales-Ortega, finding that they were part of a human ...

Animals can learn from each other, maintaining their cultures for long periods of time. What sets people apart may be the ...

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe.

Scientists have revealed a hidden chapter in human evolution, showing our origins trace back to the interbreeding of two distinct species about 300,000 years ago. By analysing modern human DNA, ...

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe.

Humans' unique language capacity was present at least 135,000 years ago, according to a survey of genomic evidence. As such, language might have entered social use 100,000 years ago.

In Olduvai Gorge, archaeologists have discovered a range of bone tools thought to have been made and used by an ancestral human species of hominid called Homo habilis 1.5 million years ago. Known as ...