A 1.6-million-year-old Ethiopian skull blends ancestor and descendant features, rewriting the origin story of Homo erectus.

Were any potential all-time great pictures made this year? Perhaps Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value has a shot. It does remarkably well in capturing one family’s relationship in somewhat universal ...

This article contains 10 of what we believe to be the biggest stories we covered throughout the year on SD Times.