culture

Chimpanzees help strangers without apparent expectation of personal gain.

Only a third of Americans know the president's religion.

The riddles were recently decoded, though nobody is sure where the originals are located.

There are a few contenders for the world's oldest known civilization.

Mississippi's 'personhood' amendment failed, but trends suggest that the abortion debate will stay strong.

The finding may be a harbinger of future droughts.

The most popular color can vary by culture, gender and time.

An infant burial discovered in the Italian Alps sheds light on how the hunter-gatherers of Europe dealt with issues of personhood and status 10,000 years ago.

A new study on human cultural evolution argues that humans evolve much faster as cultures than as individual organisms, molding our genes in the process.