May 21 2010

Get Ready for More Proto-Humans

Tag: Current Events,Generations,Human Ancestors,Prehistoric ManJennifer Viegas @ 3:57 pm
The latest new human, Homo gautengensis, may be the earliest recognized species in our genus, but remains of even older humans and proto-humans await analysis.

May 17 2010

50 Is the New 20

Tag: Current Events,Generations,Mental HealthTeresa Shipley @ 5:58 pm
New research finds that people over 50 are happier than their younger counterparts.

Apr 26 2010

Human Picture Project Puts Families in Focus

Favorite photographs preserve memories of relatives, friends, pets, events and more that might otherwise be lost to time. Those of us who still have such images often take their value for granted, but it's important to remember that not everyone ...

Apr 01 2010

Princess Diana Family Home Treasures to be Sold

Diana, Princess of Wales, was just 36 years old when she died in a car accident with her companion, Dodi Fayed, in 1997. I had seen her, some 10 years earlier, in a few private moments, and can attest how ...

Mar 24 2010

X-Woman Could Forever Change Human History

Tag: Current Events,Generations,Human Ancestors,Prehistoric ManJennifer Viegas @ 6:33 pm
Today's news about X-Woman, an unknown hominin that coexisted with Neanderthals and our species 30,000 to 50,000 years ago, suggests that at least four different forms of humans were in Europe and Asia after Homo sapiens migrated out of Africa. ...

Mar 23 2010

Narcissism Epidemic Spreads Among College Students

Tag: Colleges,GenerationsJosh Clark @ 5:00 pm
A generation of Americans could enter the workforce with an unfounded sense of entitlement.

Feb 01 2010

Should Reporters Be the News?

Tag: Current Events,Emotions,Fads,Generations,HeroesJennifer Viegas @ 3:35 pm
For decades, journalists were taught to distance themselves from their stories and to remain objective about the subject matter they were covering. There were, of course, a few early memorable examples where reporters deviated from that desired neutral position. For ...

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