
Sherry Turkle Explains Why Social Technologies Are Making Us Less Social
For the first time in the history of our species, we are never alone and never bored. Have we lost something fundamental about being human?
The remarkable, seven-million-year story of us


Sherry Turkle Explains Why Social Technologies Are Making Us Less Social
For the first time in the history of our species, we are never alone and never bored. Have we lost something fundamental about being human?

New Twist Added to the Role of Culture in Human Evolution
A radical new take on human evolution adds a large dose of luck to the usual story emphasizing the importance of our forebears' ability to make tools

Africa Is Humanity's Birthplace [Audio]
A 50-year-old discovery revolutionized our view of human evolution

Experts Tackle Question of How Humans Will Evolve
Our species is still changing. What will become of it?

What Makes Humans Different Than Any Other Species
The capacity to engage in shared tasks such as hunting large game and building cities may be what separated modern humans from our primate cousins

What Makes Humans Special? [Video]
Psychologist/primatologist Michael Tomasello explains

The New Science of Human Origins
Awash in fresh insights, scientists have had to revise virtually every chapter of the human story

The Most Incredible Human Evolution Discoveries of the New Millennium
New fossil and archaeological finds, along with insights from genetics, are upending the story of our origins

Where Is Human Evolution Taking Us?
We asked scientists for their views on the evolution of our species

The Origin of Humans Is Surprisingly Complicated
Many kinds of archaic humans walked the planet at the same time. How did Homo sapiens come to be the last species standing?

New Evidence Shows How Human Evolution Was Shaped by Climate
Swings between wet and dry landscapes pushed some of our ancestors toward modern traits—and killed off others

What Makes Humans Special?
A graphical tour of our evolutionary advantages starts with anatomy

How Tibetans Adapted to Such High Altitudes
More proof of recent and rapid human evolution

No, Humans Have Not Stopped Evolving
For 30,000 years our species has been changing remarkably quickly. And we're not done yet

Paleoanthropologist Ian Tattersall Talks about What Makes Humans Special [Video]
New ideas about human evolution reveal just how unique Homo sapiens are

The Latest Fossil Finds Make the Puzzle of Human Evolution Harder Than Ever to Solve
The latest molecular analyses and fossil finds suggest that the story of human evolution is far more complex—and more interesting—than anyone imagined

Why Humans and Other Primates Cooperate
Our ability to cooperate in large societies has deep evolutionary roots in the animal kingdom

Our Secret Evolutionary Weapon: Monogamy
Coupling up might have been the best move our ancestors ever made