Is Colonizing Space the Next Stage of Human Evolution?

Human evolution is a story writ slow. It’s been about 3.8 billion years since life on Earth emerged and steadily began to ...
Gizmodo

An Iconic Prop From ‘Back to the Future’ Is Missing, and a New Documentary Aims to Track It Down

There are two places memorable props from blockbuster movies and TV tend to end up: in someone’s personal collection, or on the auction block (destined for someone’s personal collection). But ...
Phys.org

Culture is overtaking genetics in shaping human evolution, researchers argue

Researchers at the University of Maine are theorizing that human beings may be in the midst of a major evolutionary shift—driven not by genes, but by culture. "Human evolution seems to be changing ...
CBS News

Million-year-old skull found in China could rewrite human evolution timeline, study finds: "This changes a lot of thinking"

A digital reconstruction of a million-year-old skull suggests humans may have diverged from our ancient ancestors 400,000 years earlier than thought and in Asia, not Africa, a study found. The ...
Live Science

'We certainly weren't exceptional, but now we're the only ones left': In new PBS series 'Human,' anthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi explores how humans came to dominate Earth

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