Our hunter-gatherer ancestors have given us many things. They passed down mastery of fire for cooking and early survival ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

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It’s hard to imagine a world without the color blue. What would come of the skies and the oceans? And what about people born with blue eyes? A TikTok account called Psychopoly raised the question of ...

Once a part of marriage proposals, maritozzi are making a comeback in Italy and around the world Michelle Tchea - Freelance writer In all its simplicity, the maritozzo is a soft bun filled with a ...

Archaeologists recently uncovered multistory buildings from a lost Egyptian city in the Nile Delta, fostering new insights into urban life in antiquity. The ruins of the city – known in ancient times ...

Rabbi Brous is the founding and senior rabbi of Ikar, a Jewish community based in Los Angeles, and the author of “The Amen Effect.” A somewhat obscure text, about 2,000 years old, has been my unlikely ...

Examination of an ancient alabaster vase in the Yale Peabody Museum’s Babylonian Collection has revealed traces of opiates, providing the clearest evidence to date of broad opium use in ancient ...

The historical and archeological record upends the widespread belief that long-term incarceration belongs to the modern state ...