Researchers have discovered evidence of the oldest alphabetic writing in human history. The writing was etched onto clay cylinders discovered during a dig at an ancient Syrian city.

A finger-sized clay cylinder from a tomb in northern Syria appears to be the oldest example of writing using an alphabet ...

Paleoanthropologists have learned a lot about Lucy, the world’s most famous hominin fossil, since she was discovered in 1974. And her fossils are still yielding new insights ...

Leveraging a unique statistical analysis and applying it to ancient DNA extracted from human skeletal remains, a team of researchers has revealed new insights into how ancient Europeans adapted to ...

Chimpanzees are steadily honing their tool-using skills -- a process unfolding over millennia, driven by the exchange of ideas through migrations between populations.

Everett's "James," a daring reworking of "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," won the National Book Award for fiction.

The very first speculations about a life existing beyond the Earth can be found in the discussions amongst Epicurean ...

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This classic feminist novel has been adapted into a film, an opera and a Hulu TV series. In 2019 ... Station Eleven touches upon a flu that almost ends civilization,” says Wallace. “You’ll be happy in ...

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