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Tune into programs about “underground astronauts,” archetype-busting archaeologists and more with the National Museum of Natural History

RIYADH: The Heart of Arabia team enacting British explorer and scholar Harry St. John Philby’s “Coast to Coast” journey 105 years ago, was welcomed here by the UK Embassy in Riyadh. Britain’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Neil Crompton hosted the small group of UK explorers who are retracing the 1,300-kilometer journey across Saudi Arabia that Philby made in 1917. The event was

Could a comparison of fossils from Britain with those of known origins from Spain clear up the mystery of what species they are?

Michael Baumgarten, a second-year PhD student of cultural anthropology ASU, served eight and a half years in the 1st Ranger Battalion of the U.S. Army and was deployed to combat 10 times. Here he talks about his experiences in the military and in school and why he is focusing his research on PTSD and military veteran suicide across all branches of the military.

If a Neanderthal walked down the street, appropriately dressed, you probably wouldn’t notice.

How has this aspect of human evolution been missed for so long?

The news media might be heavily biased toward evolution, but at least it is predictable.

If a few teeth of intermediate size and shape make “the most complete chain of human evolution,” then the evidence for human evolution must be quite modest.

Ancient humans are thought to have crossed into the Americas via a land bridge between modern-day Russia and Alaska.

Whatever Ardi was, everyone agrees the fossils was initially badly crushed and needed extensive reconstruction.