How an anti-evolution law a century ago set up an infamous showdown over religion in public schools
In March 1925, Tennessee became the first state in the country to ban the teaching of evolution in public school classrooms.
Iowa Public Radio12h
A man says his stepmom locked him in a room for decades. He escaped by setting a fire
Police in Waterbury, Conn., allege the man's stepmother locked him in his room with limited food and water for over 20 years, ...
Western Europe’s oldest human face discovered in Spain
The research team at the Atapuerca archaeological sites in Burgos, Spain, has just broken its own record by discovering, for ...
Earth.com16h
Discovery: Human ancestors walked upright over 2 million years ago
Paranthropus robustus fossils from Swartkrans Cave reveal new insights into their diet, social structure, and survival 2 ...
New Scientist16h
Ancient humans lived in an 'uninhabitable' climate 25,000 years ago
Bones dating back 25,000 years suggest that humans lived in extremely icy conditions in Tibet, which were previously thought ...
We modeled how early human ancestors ran—and found they were surprisingly slow
Imagine the scene, around 3 million years ago in what is now east Africa. By the side of a river, an injured antelope keels ...
Major archaeology breakthrough as scientists uncover human bones from 1.4m years ago
It marks the first time significant remains older than 1 million years old have been discovered in Western Europe.