The museum’s groundbreaking Hall of Human Origins centers around the adaptations that set early humans apart Jack Tamisiea What does it mean to be human? This question, deceptively simple and imbued ...
Scientists have, for the first time, rebuilt ancient genomes of Human betaherpesvirus 6A and 6B (HHV-6A/B) using DNA from archaeological human remains that are more than 2,000 years old. The research, ...
The feelings, emotions and behaviors of people who lived in the past don’t leave a fossil record. But cultural artifacts, such as paintings, novels, music and other art forms, do. Now, researchers are ...