You described the microbiome as more than just bacteria. What are the other components of this "theatre of activity," and why is their inclusion sometimes considered controversial? Harris: Yeah. So it ...

In A Nutshell Researchers have launched a free, publicly accessible 3D atlas of real human organs that lets anyone zoom from whole-organ views down to near-cellular detail in a web browser. The scans ...

For the first time, researchers have digitally reconstructed the facial fragments of the individual, who belonged to the Australopithecus genus ...

For more than a century, the human appendix has been written off as a biological relic, a shrunken leftover from plant-eating ancestors that serves no real purpose. That view is now outdated. A ...

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What did the face of our ancestors look like three million years ago? Our international team has answered this question by ...

How ongoing, age-appropriate conversations about bodies, intimacy, and consent build trust, safety, and lifelong confidence for children of all ages.

Paleoanthropologist Rick Potts, Ph.D., who directs the Human Origins Program at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, will deliver a lecture March 3 at 5 p.m. at the School of Theology ...