Relocating Black cemeteries in Virginia reveals how America has long denied full humanity, and how to reclaim it.

Humans are everywhere nowadays, but Homo sapiens and our close relatives weren't so widespread in the past. In fact, the ancestors of modern humans nearly went extinct just under 1 million years ago.

The ability of the early toolmakers to select high-quality stone, produce sharp flakes, and return to familiar raw-material ...

If you're like your favorite MORNING EDITION host, which is, of course, Michel Martin, you might be an early riser. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Or A Martínez. And if you come by it naturally, scientists say ...

Fossils of a human ancestor from 773,000 years ago may be near the base of the Homo sapiens lineage, representing a common ...

We explore how contemplating our heritage can make us feel more belonging, gratitude, and confidence in what we're capable of achieving. Oral historian Mi’Jan Celie Tho-Biaz knows the profound impact ...

The ancestors of Nettie Washington Douglass still have stories to teach us. She just hopes we are ready to listen. Nettie Washington Douglass, descendant of three legendary Black Americans, was born ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — Decades of history can be found in a single painting. Fern Cloud is a Native American artist who shares her peoples' stories by preserving the way her ancestors told them: through ...

Early human ancestors faced near-extinction between 800,000 and 900,000 years ago, scientists say. An extreme climate event might have caused the evolutionary bottleneck. The population of our ...