An Evolutionary Timeline of Homo Sapiens | Smithsonian
WEBFeb 2, 2021 · These five skulls, which range from an approximately 2.5-million-year-old Australopithecus africanus on the left to an approximately 4,800-year-old Homo sapiens on the right, show changes in the ...
This Interactive Map Shows Which Indigenous Lands You Live On
WEBNov 1, 2023 · This November, you can learn more about North America’s first inhabitants by finding out which Indigenous lands you live on, using a collaborative, interactive map. Since launching on Native ...
What’s the Difference Between England, Britain and the U.K.?
WEBJun 24, 2016 · Three islands within the British Isles retain special status as “Crown Dependencies.”. Though the U.K. is technically responsible for them, they are independently administered and self ...
Who Were the Best and Worst Presidents Ever—and How Do …
WEBJul 2, 2021 · As journalist Robert W. Merry told Smithsonian magazine ’s Megan Gambino in 2012, the 15th president exacerbated ongoing debates about slavery, to the point that it “festered and got worse ...
Who Was Mary Magdalene? | Smithsonian
WEBNicolas Régnier. Gabriel Wuger was both an artist and a Benedictine monk who depicts Jesus on the cross with his mother, Mary Magdalene, and the Beloved Disciple at his feet in Crucifixion,1868 ...
How Titanoboa, the 40-Foot-Long Snake, Was Found
WEBApril 2012. 1 / 9. As a part of their documentary, the Smithsonian Channel asked sculptor Kevin Hockley to create a full-size replica of Titanoboa. Robert Clark/Institute. 2. , pictured with a ...
What Happened the Day a Giant, Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Hit the …
WEBSep 9, 2019 · The immense Chicxulub crater is a remnant of one of the most consequential days in the history of life on Earth. The asteroid strike triggered the Cretaceous-Paleogene, or K-Pg, mass extinction ...
Rewriting the Story of Ötzi, the Murdered Iceman | Smithsonian
WEBNov 10, 2022 · In September 1991, German hikers exploring the Tyrolean Alps between Italy and Austria made a shocking discovery: a human corpse. Though officials initially assumed that the man had died recently ...
Where Did the Black Death Start? Thanks to Ancient DNA, …
WEBJun 17, 2022 · Historians know all about the devastation wrought by the Black Death, the bubonic plague that swept through Eurasia and killed tens of millions of people in the mid-1300s.But when it comes to ...
158 Resources for Understanding Systemic Racism in America
WEBJun 4, 2020 · Historical Context. Between 1525 and 1866, 12.5 million people were kidnapped from Africa and sent to the Americas through the transatlantic slave trade.Only 10.7 million survived the harrowing ...