A new fossil analysis from an international team of researchers, published in the Annals of Human Biology, pushes back the emergence of these proto-people by about 200,000 years.

These findings, published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B,  provide new evidence for the complex technical and possibly symbolic behaviors of early Homo sapiens.

Anew analysis of that trove of data has revealed a striking pattern in these mysterious episodes. The findings, reported in Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice, can't really be explained, researchers say.

In addition to helping people with stress and mental health, high ventilation breathwork is also reported to induce altered states of consciousness...In a new study published in Progress in Neuropsychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, researchers found evidence that could explain how...