Prehistoric time line, geologic time scale, photos, facts, maps, and more from National Geographic. Humans have walked the Earth for 190,000 years, a mere blip in Earth's 4.5-billion-year history.

Adjust the timeline below to measure the average person’s daily consumption of meat. This interactive was built in conjunction with National Geographic’s Future of Food series. The data was ...

The inaugural 'National Geographic 33' list includes the likes of Don Cheadle, Selena Gomez, Sterlin Harjo, Michelle Yeoh and Jason Momoa.

This story appears in the November/December 2016 issue of National Geographic History magazine. Discovered against the turbulent backdrop of the Cold War, the Tillya Tepe treasure is a glittering ...