New Research Shatters the Myth of Men As Hunters and Women As Gatherers
Data from foraging societies around the world indicates that women often hunt large game skillfully. Analysis of data from dozens of foraging societies around the…
Data from foraging societies around the world indicates that women often hunt large game skillfully. Analysis of data from dozens of foraging societies around the…
The Qing Dynasty in China, after over 250 years, crumbled in 1912. Led by the Complexity Science Hub (CSH), an international research team has pinpointed…
An archaeological study from UC Davis suggests that there may have been competition for limited resources. Climate change in current times has created problems for…
According to peptide analysis published in Scientific Reports, the highest-status person in ancient Copper Age Iberia was a woman, challenging previous assumptions that it was…
Archaeologists from UCL Institute of Archaeology have unearthed some of Britain’s largest early prehistoric stone tools. The dig, conducted in Kent prior to the construction…
32 people from a burial ground in the southern Ural region show close kinship relations – only the women came from other areas. Scientists have…
The experimental study was led by Kent State archaeology professors. A new study led by Archaeologist Michelle Bebber, Ph.D., an assistant professor in Kent State…
For a long time, archaeologists inferred the uses of ancient tools by referencing written documents and contextual hints. However, when it came to ancient dietary…
The latest research on the Neolithic Tyrolean Iceman, Ötzi, reveals surprising information about his appearance and ancestry. Contrary to previous beliefs, Ötzi had dark skin,…
An international team of researchers has found evidence suggesting that the Hirota community, residing on Tanegashima Island in southern Japan from the late Yayoi era…
According to a recent study, the cultural exchanges and interbreeding between African hunter-gatherers, Neolithic European agriculturists, and East-Saharan pastoralists significantly influenced shifts in lifestyles, cultural…
Scientists used advanced sequencing technology to analyze Ötzi’s genome to obtain a more accurate picture of the Iceman’s appearance and genetic origins. Ötzi’s genome was…
Dr. Kevin C. Nolan and a team of scholars refuted a paper claiming a comet explosion caused the decline of the Hopewell culture 1,500 years…
New genetic research provides new insights into the European Stone Age, revealing how different groups intermingled based on geography and how agriculture influenced genetic flow….
Linguistics and genetics combine to propose a new hybrid theory regarding the origin of the Indo-European languages. For over two centuries, the question of where…
Masturbation is a widespread phenomenon in the animal kingdom but is especially prevalent amongst primates, including humans. In the past, this activity was viewed as…
New research on a 300,000-year-old throwing stick reveals advanced woodworking techniques among early humans, suggesting communal hunting practices involving the whole community. The artifact, demonstrating…
New research conducted by an international team, published in the journal Science, reveals that early human species were capable of adapting to a variety of…