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We are makers of history, yet we are also molded by it. The line connecting us to our ancestors spans decades, centuries, and millennia; the lessons learned from our progenitors are passed down the generations through timeless stories and discovered remnants of our enigmatic yet beautiful past. Modern Sciences recounts the passage of time, how humanity has shaped it, and how it has shaped humanity.
New Model of Human Evolution Challenges Long-Held Beliefs, Revealing Multiple Ancestors in Africa
A groundbreaking study published in Nature has unveiled a new model of human evolution, overturning the long-held notion…
Ancient humans may have paused in Arabia for 30,000 years on their way out of Africa
Shutterstock Ray Tobler, Australian National University; Shane T Grey, Garvan Institute, and Yassine Souilmi, University of Adelaide Most…
Were Lightbulbs Really That Great as Inventions?
Some would ask what some of humanity’s best inventions ever were. Should we include lightbulbs in that list?
Climate change first ‘went viral’ exactly 70 years ago
Marc Hudson, University of Sussex We have grown so used to many things. To the pictures of wildfires…
Who owned this Stone Age jewellery? New forensic tools offer an unprecedented answer
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Michelle Langley, Griffith University An international team of researchers has recovered DNA…
Enigmatic human fossil jawbone may be evidence of an early Homo sapiens presence in Europe – and adds mystery about who those humans were
Close examination of digital and 3D-printed models suggested the fossil needs to be reclassified. Brian A. Keeling Brian…
How we discovered the true origins of a pint of lager – new research
Researchers have uncovered the likely genesis of the yeast used to make lager. DavidedeAngelini / Shutterstock John Morrissey,…
Rickets Changed How We Understood Medicine. Here’s How.
Few diseases claim to have left their mark on medicine the same way rickets does. A severe vitamin…
Study Finds Dairy Played Key Role In Early Human Diets on Tibetan Plateau
A new study published in the journal Science Advances reveals that dairy played a significant role in the…
We used DNA from Beethoven’s hair to shed light on his poor health – and stumbled upon a family secret
Kevin Brown, Author provided Robert Attenborough, Australian National University Many astonishingly creative people have lived lives cut tragically…