Smithsonian Magazine2d
15 Years Later, the National Museum of Natural History Is Still Asking What It Means to Be Human
Koch Hall of Human Origins,” which opened 15 years ago. Smithsonian's Human Origins Program. What does it mean to be human ...
Study Finds5d
‘Dietary fingerprints’ show our early ancestors dined mostly on plant-based foods
For decades, scientists have believed that meat-eating drove human evolution, particularly our enlarged brains.
Early Human Ancestors 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 ...
Hyperallergic9d
10 Art Books for Your March Reading List
Delve into Lucy Lippard’s short fictions, Tamara Lanier’s indelible memoir, The White Pube’s tales of absurdity in the art world, new perspectives on Mucha, and more.
Nature14d
Ancient humans used bone tools one million years earlier than thought
Members of the genus Australopithecus — which includes the famed fossil Lucy — were making stone tools at least ... “It confirms that this site is very important for understanding our ancestors and ...
Channels TV14d
Human Ancestors Making ‘Bone Tech’ 1.5 Million Years Ago, Say Scientists
A reconstruction of the famous Austrolopithecus afarensis Lucy. Which hominin made the bone tools at Olduvai Gorge remains a mystery. Our ancestors were making tools out of bones 1.5 million years ...
KHQ14d
Human ancestors making 'bone tech' 1.5 million years ago, say scientists
Our ancestors were making tools out of bones 1.5 million years ago, winding back the clock for this important moment in human evolution by more than a million years, a study said Wednesday.