Old age isn't a modern phenomenon – many people lived long enough to grow old in the olden days, too
Nasty, brutish – but not necessarily short. Here’s how archaeologists know plenty of people didn’t die young.
Sharon DeWitte, Professor of Anthropology, University of South Carolina •
conversation
Aug. 10, 2022 • ~8 min
Aug. 10, 2022 • ~8 min
When was talking invented? A language scientist explains how this unique feature of human beings may have evolved
A language scientist explains that talking was never invented but has evolved over hundreds of thousands of years.
Richard Futrell, Associate Professor of Language Science, University of California, Irvine
• conversation
Aug. 8, 2022 • ~6 min
Aug. 8, 2022 • ~6 min
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