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…
Prehistory News
Combat or Climate: The Real Cause of Small-Scale Societies’ Collapse
A new study concludes that social fragmentation and aggressive conflicts were instrumental in molding the population dynamics of early farming society during the Neolithic period…
The Power of Climate Change – New Research Sheds Light on the End of Ancient Indus Megacities
According to recent findings by Cambridge University researchers, an ancient stalagmite from a Himalayan cave contains evidence of multiple prolonged and severe droughts that may…
Massive Implications: New Evidence Calls Into Question Timing of Human Arrival in North America
A new study calls into question the age of the preserved human footprints found in New Mexico’s Lake Otero Basin, which have the potential to…
Improved Estimates of DNA’s Mutation Rate Paint Clearer Picture of Human Prehistory
Since the 1960s, DNA has changed the story of human ancestry. Some studies have shown that all modern humans are descended from ancestors who lived…
Giant Oligocene Kairuku Penguins Stood Nearly Five Feet Tall
Paleontologists have reconstructed a model of the Kairuku penguin that stood almost 4 feet 6 inches in height in what’s now New Zealand. The Kairuku…