An Evolutionary Timeline of Homo Sapiens | Smithsonian
Feb 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 ...
The Psychology Behind Generational Conflict | Smithsonian
Complaining about the young is a longstanding prerogative of the old; just as baby boomers and Gen X’ers today lament the shortcomings of millennials and Gen Z, parents in the 1920s looked ...
These Are the 100 Greatest Films of All Time, According to 1,600 ...
Dec 6, 2022 · According to a group of film critics, the greatest movie ever made is Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles.The 1975 film tops the 2022 results of British magazine Sight and Sound ...
December 2024 - Smithsonian Magazine
The Feminist Behind the Man Behind the Curtain. The untold story of Matilda Gage, the freethinker who inspired her son-in-law L. Frank Baum’s classic novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"
A Cultural History of Barbie | Smithsonian
Ruth Handler, who co-founded Mattel with her husband, Elliot Handler, and Harold Matson in 1945, noticed her daughter, Barbara, playing with paper dolls and dreaming about what kind of woman she ...
Hundreds of Centuries-Old Trees Felled to Rebuild Notre-Dame's …
Apr 12, 2021 · Workers felling 150-year-old oak trees in the Villefermoy forest, near Echouboulains, France, on March 15. The wood will eventually used to reconstruct Notre-Dame Cathedral's roof and spire.
Was King Arthur a Real Person? | Smithsonian
When the legend of Arthur was born, Britain was in a state of collapse. The Roman Empire had made its first incursion into the British Isles in 55 B.C., eventually conquering much of the territory ...
Where Did the QWERTY Keyboard Come From? | Smithsonian
In 1866, Christopher Latham Sholes, a Wisconsin newspaper publisher and former state senator, co-invented an automated machine to number coupons and tickets—a task previously done by hand.
A Brief History of the Invention of the Home Security Alarm
Marie Van Brittan Brown, an African American nurse living in Jamaica, Queens in the 1960s, was working odd shifts, as was her husband, Albert, an electronics technician.
What Does It Mean to Be a Witch Today? | Smithsonian
In 1692, a panic swept through Salem, Massachusetts. More than 200 people—mostly women—were accused of witchcraft; 20 were executed, and five more died in prison.What led a quiet New England ...