Science and Environment

The Geometry of Wonder: Why Our Ancestors—and Our Closest Relatives—Collect Crystals

For nearly a million years, the archaeological record has whispered a peculiar secret. At sites where early Homo remains have...

Science and Environment

The Deep Roots of Aesthetics: Why Early Humans and Modern Apes Are Captivated by Crystals

For decades, archaeologists excavating sites dating back to the Lower Paleolithic—some as far back as 780,000 years ago—have been baffled...