The fossilized print, found in Gibraltar, is said to date to 28,000 years ago, which might mean it belonged to a Neandertal. But not everyone agrees with that interpretation -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
When our planet’s magnetosphere nearly disappeared 565 million years ago, it may have almost taken all life with it -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
On this 210th anniversary of Darwin's birth we hear evolution writer and historian Richard Milner perform a brief monologue as Charles Darwin, and former Scientific American editor in chief John... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
As anthropologists debate how best to protect uncontacted tribes, indigenous groups in Colombia are working to shield their isolated neighbors from the march of modernity -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Javelin throwers chucking replicas of Neanderthal spears were able to hit targets farther away, and with greater force, than previously thought to be possible. Christopher Intagliata reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Javelin throwers chucking replicas of Neandertal spears were able to hit targets farther away, and with greater force than previously thought to be possible. Christopher Intagliata reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Researchers have deduced which early human species occupied Denisova Cave and when, drawing surprising conclusions about who made the sophisticated artifacts found there -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com