An innovative technique used in a study of Neanderthal hearths—places where fires were created—has been described by researchers as a "major" development in archaeology, one that could help shed light ...

Archaeologists have unearthed ancient structures in Turkey that could represent the world's earliest human settlement. The discovery was made at Mendik Tepe, near Göbekli Tepe, the 12,000-year-old ...

The proliferation of women in business, government and other sectors of society has been a driver of, as well as a reflection of, extraordinary human advancement.

After 200,000 years of hunting and gathering, a history-defining decision was made. Starting roughly 12,000 years ago, at least seven different groups of humans independently began to settle down and ...

Few psychological theories have captured the public imagination as strongly as Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Introduced in 1943, the theory proposed that human beings are motivated by a set of ...

Horses are majestic, sentient, intelligent, and highly sensitive animals who are used in a wide variety of situations involving humans. The bond between horses and humans has spanned time and many ...