Some things that the public has been sold on as enhancing early childhood development may be having the opposite effect.

Humans have evolved over millions of years, yet formal education practices are of recent vintage. Given what we've learned about our brain's evolution, education practices need to evolve as well.

Long before the Napoleon Complex became a common way to refer to those of us who are small but strong, the <em>Nanuqsaurus hoglundi </em>sauntered Alaska’s North Slope, unaware history would identify her as the smallest of the great tyrannosaurids.

Paleoartist John Gurche has worked on the movie Jurassic Park, designed stamps for the US Postal Service, and recently crafted the sculptures for the Smithsonian Museum’s Hall of Human Origins. In his new book <em>Shaping Humanity</em><em></em>, Gurche delves into the data, research, creativity, and emotion employed in constructing the Smithsonian exhibit.Paleoartist John Gurche has worked on the movie Jurassic Park, designed stamps for the US Postal Service, and recently crafted the sculptures for the Smithsonian Museum’s Hall of Human Origins. In his new book Shaping Humanity, Gurche delves into the data, research, creativity, and emotion employed in constructing the Smithsonian exhibit.

20 million years before<em> Archaeopteryx</em>, dozens of dinosaurs were found to be light and winged, though not flapping their wings.

The ancient reptile <em>Dimetrodon</em> exhibited a variety of different tooth shapes, probably due to evolutionary pressure from competitors who fed on similar prey.

A fossil search out West brings amateur paleontologist Randall Wehler and his brother to a quarry in Wyoming that held former inhabitants of the land and water during the late Cretaceous period of history when dinosaurs still reigned supreme.A fossil search out West brings amateur paleontologist Randall Wehler and his brother to a quarry in Wyoming that held former inhabitants of the land and water during the late Cretaceous period of history when dinosaurs still reigned supreme.

Why nothing about morality makes sense except in the light of evolution.

An elongated snout was not something that got in the way for <em>Fuyuansaurus acutirostris</em>, a protorosaur recently discovered in Fuyuan County of Yunnan Province, China.

A Response to Sam Harris’s Moral Landscape Challenge