By: Greg Schmalzel

What if I told you… Human evolution isn’t over?

Not even close.

Right now — as you scroll, click, and watch this video — something strange is happening. Something bigger than any...

By: Greg Schmalzel

You have about 30 trillion cells in your body, and they have an ancient history that goes back more than 3 billion years. You are the product of that history.

Most of us think of ...

By: Greg Schmalzel

Why does speaking in front of a crowd make your heart race, your mouth go dry, and your brain freeze? It turns out... It's not irrational. It’s ancient. And you're not alone. Fear ...

By: Greg Schmalzel

There are many myths and misconceptions in the popular understanding of human evolution.
But few are as deeply rooted—or as misunderstood—as the idea of the alpha male. You’ve heard...

By: Greg Schmalzel

The longest snake alive today is the reticulated python—a creature that can stretch over 20 feet long and squeeze the life out of animals much larger than itself. It lives in the r...

By: Greg Schmalzel

How old is music? Before it was recorded in modern studios or written on staves, music manifested itself in the lives of ancient humans. A low hum in the distance. The patterned be...

By: Greg Schmalzel

From the dawn of humanity, we have been drawn to stone. It’s solid and unyielding - a material that withstands time itself. Unlike wood, which rots, or mud, which washes away, ston...

By: Greg Schmalzel

After the Ice Age, groups of Clovis and other Paleoindian cultures began to fade away. The world was in flux. Vast glaciers melted, seas rose, and the great beasts of the past vani...

De-Extinction of Woolly Mammoths and Its Potential for Ecological Renewal

By: Matt Kraemer

Photo above by Beth Zaiken

In 1996, cloning went from science fiction to reality. Dolly the sheep, the...

By: Greg Schmalzel

Every stone tool follows a journey—born from nature, shaped by human hands, used, discarded, and sometimes rediscovered long after its maker is gone. A single Clovis point can tell...

By: Greg Schmalzel

As of March 2025, there are roughly 8 billion humans on planet Earth - all of which belong to the same species: Homo sapiens. Today, we are alone, the undisputed rulers of the plan...

By: Greg Schmalzel

Behind the eyes of long-extinct humans, were minds capable of great technological potential. While the species to which it belongs will cease to exist, future generations of its ev...