culture, human evolution

The biological and social ramifications of skin pigmentation are too often ignored by scientists, teachers, and the general public.

In Chapter 3, "Out of the Tropics," author Nina G. Jablonski, explores the genes behind skin pigmentation and makes the distinction between color and race.

Wired for Story, Dreamland, Homo Mysterious, and Vagina

Evolving, The Moral Molecule, Aping Mankind, and Experiment Eleven

Engravings of female genitalia in a cave in southern France may be the oldest cave art yet discovered.

Two 9,000-year-old skeletons will be held by University of California, San Diego, officials—rather than turned over to American Indians for reburial—until a lawsuit is settled.

Women of the French families that colonized Canada in the 17th and 18th centuries had more children and grandchildren than late comers to the region.