An anthropologist highlights the revolutionary role of the practice, which was often led by women, and was just as crucial to ...

It shows something of the parallel development of human communication and of science and its technological applications, set in the context of Earth history as a whole.

A lot more seems now to be invested in the notion of "cultural history." This article examines some recent historiography of science as a means of considering what counts as cultural history in that ...

Paleoanthropologists identified the early human based on molars that are several million years old.

Decades ago, the international community codified science as a cultural right and protected expression of human creativity.

Guy Ortolano , Human Science or a Human Face? Social History and the “Two Cultures” Controversy, Journal of British Studies, Vol. 43, No. 4 (October 2004), pp. 482-505 ...

History of Science The Long, Strange History of Nitrous Oxide, a Popular Drug Users Have Been Inhaling for Hundreds of Years ...

The discovery fundamentally changed our understanding of human history because it was the first proof of the existence of some of our closest relatives.

The history of science is much more than a chronology of scientific facts and theories. Access to informal sources is essential for understanding the personal, political and social context in ...

Scientists believe that 300,000 years ago in Lower Saxony, Homo heidelbergensis shared space with a now-extinct species of ...

Archaeologists are bringing to light a forgotten slice of Pompeiian history. In a simulation, a bas-relief pressed into digital fabric produced an imprint that resembled the Shroud of Turin more ...