Famed anthropologist Margaret Mead was once asked, “What was the first sign of human civilization?” You might think she would have mentioned prehistoric cave drawings, the discovery of fire, or ...

Robert Zubrin, likely the planet’s leading strategist for landing humans on Mars, and then remaking it in the Earth’s image, predicts SpaceX’s colossal Starship will be the first spacecraft ever to ...

Introduction: The man-made world / Stuart Piggott -- The first half-million years / Grahame Clark -- Roots in the soil / James Mellaart -- The birth of written history / M.E.L. Mallowan -- The rise of ...