Debunking alien claims matters, but so does telling richer, more compelling stories about how humans shaped their own past.

A spacecraft hurtling through the cosmos. An indomitable female lead. Armed crew members creeping through dim, claustrophobic hallways where death could be lurking around any corner. A hostile alien ...

The theory that aliens assisted the builders of ancient monuments was popularised by Swiss author Erich von Däniken in his ...