Ancient humans may have evolved to slumber efficiently—and in a crowd
Paleoanthropologists Briana Pobiner and Ryan McRae reveal some of the year's best findings in human origins studies
An archaeologist explores how our prowess in sport has deep roots in evolution
The scientists advocate shifting the current value system, which is biased against women and minorities, towards a more diverse and inclusive model
Psychologist Susan Turk Charles talks about findings that reveal the elderly have higher emotional well-being
A short list of the amazing changes and behaviors that transform both humans and animals on the journey of motherhood
Psychologists say you can't confirm deception by the way a person acts—but experts are zeroing in other methods that might actually work
The Smithsonian's Human Studies Film Archive houses eight million feet of film which can help future generations reflect on the past
Seven Smithsonian scientists continued to discover the secrets of the natural world safely during the pandemic
Smithsonian biological anthropologist Sabrina Sholts says Covid-19 illustrates that what makes us human also makes us more vulnerable to global contagions
Questions still swirl around the author’s theories about sexual selection and the evolution of minds and morals
New studies show that shark meat may have constituted half of their diet and that the beasts' teeth were used as arrow tips and razor blades
Fossils and biochemical models show tool-wielding hominins used their hands like we do today
A multidisciplinary team offers up an exact age when REM sleep decreases
Scholars take a deep dive into how structural racism intersects with public health
This month drop in on events about global climate justice, Picasso's 'Guernica,' bird brains, the Supreme Court, William Faulkner, orchids and more
A new study finds monkeys enter charred savannahs to avoid predators, lending support to a controversial theory about what drew hominins to blazes
Smithsonian fellow Kimberly Probolus looks into the past and future of knowledge tests
Fragments of a comet likely hit Earth 12,800 years ago, and a little Paleolithic village in Syria might have suffered the impact
A study of beads made from ostrich eggshells suggests the humans of the Kalahari Desert region formed social networks to help each other