Editorial Gananath Obeyesekere, a man larger than life, passed away today. His death marks the end of an intellectual force that reshaped the very foundations of anthropology, psychoanalysis, and the critique of
Recent research using MRI scans has revealed that babies as young as one year old are capable of forming memories, offering new insight into the mystery of infantile amnesia—the inability to recall
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Scientists at the University of Cambridge have uncovered a hidden chapter in human evolution, revealing that modern humans descend from the interbreeding of two now-extinct species around 300,000 years ago. This discovery
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Until now, at least 14 different species have been assigned to the genus Homo since it emerged in Ethiopia some 2.8 million years ago revealing branching evolutionary stories of survival, intermixing, and extinctions. Archaeology is increasingly allowing
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by Eric Daniel Levitin’s A Field Guide to Lies and Statistics masquerades as a beacon of enlightenment, purportedly equipping its readers with the tools to dismantle misinformation and navigate the deluge of
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Hierarchies are a familiar form of human organization where individuals and groups of high social status are ranked above others and make decisions. Some examples are an oligarchy, a small group of
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Archaeologists and forensic researchers have made a remarkable discovery in the ruins of Herculaneum: a human brain that was transformed into glass due to the extreme heat of the Mount Vesuvius eruption
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New archaeological discoveries in Shandong province, eastern China, suggest that parts of the Great Wall of China may be up to 300 years older than previously thought, dramatically reshaping the historical understanding
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Archaeologists have uncovered the long-lost tomb of Pharaoh Thutmose II in Egypt’s Western Valleys of the Theban Necropolis, making it the most significant archaeological discovery since the unearthing of Tutankhamun’s tomb in
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Birdsongs have inspired poets and lovers, becoming one of the philosophical focal points in ancient Greece and Rome. They have also led to several long-ago debates about the relationship between birdsong and human language.
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An analysis of the genomes of nearly 6,000 Greenlandic people has provided new insights into how centuries of isolation have shaped the genetic profile of Greenlanders. Published on February 12, 2025, in
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