October brought a chilling, homophobic wind into my peaceful, lesbian household. It began with an Oct. 10 guest column by Lindsay Brown, explaining that the Bible is very clear about condemning ...
The before-meal wash was an important ritual for peasants and nobility alike—especially since people often ate with their hands. An important social ritual in the Middle Ages, handwashing was also ...
Deep in South Africa’s Rising Star Cave, archaeologists found soot-blackened ceilings, hearths, and charred bones, proof that Homo naledi used fire 250,000 years ago. Despite having brains one-third ...
Found in Tanzania’s Olduvai Gorge, Homo habilis marked the dawn of the human genus. Known as the “handy man,” this early ancestor carved the world’s first stone tools, shaping both the landscape and ...
The scientific community believe a small species of human known as homo floresiensis once lived on the island of Flores, Indonesia, around 50,000 years ago. But one professor thinks the apelike ...
A short life and brutal death was enough to ensure that Jesus’ message of hope and everlasting life would spread across Judaea, across the Empire and ultimately, across the world. One of the farthest ...
Louisville Industrial Exposition. Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture. With a Classification of the Natural History Department. Louisville: Published by John P ...