Long views of humanity take shape through books that trace belief, power and survival across eras, offering context to how ...

From an incredible series of revelations about the ancient humans called Denisovans to surprising discoveries about tool ...

Crossing borders, spanning cultures and traversing the world’s most remote corners, the People Photography Award celebrates the human condition and our shared characteristics, activities and emotions.

She was born on the water — on a boat along the River Bhramaputra in northeastern India on July 3, one of more than 100 million babies to arrive during a convulsive year. Her first tears in this world ...

Two weeks ago, a group of photographers from the Associated Press took first prize in the Pictures of the Year competition, run by the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of ...

At the heart of scientific questions about the origins of humanity lie questions of human nature. Are Homo sapiens intrinsically lovers or fighters, predators or prey, lucky survivors or inevitable ...

When you stop to think about it, the human body is pretty amazing. It knows how to heal when we’re hurt, protect us from illness, and master complicated skills, whether that’s learning a new language ...

The first complete draft of the human genome was published back in 2003. Since then, researchers have worked both to improve the accuracy of human genetic data, and to expand its diversity, looking at ...

In nearly 100 countries and all 50 U.S. states, visual journalists with The Associated Press are eyewitnesses to the world’s news, and have won 36 of AP’s 59 Pulitzer Prizes since the award was ...