Across the dense forests of the Congo, the sunlit islands of the Pacific, and the icy reaches of the Arctic, the few ...

There is a great deal of attention in modern societies to inequality and the social problems it causes. Often inequality is ...

A study published in the journal Evolution and Human Behaviour has uncovered fascinating insights into gender roles and ...

The discovery of a submerged stone wall in the Baltic Sea has captivated archaeologists and researchers worldwide, offering a ...

Hunter-gatherer children acquire life skills early through community-based learning, demonstrating how egalitarianism and ...

Prehistoric art and acoustics intertwine as researchers unveil the role of sound-reflecting cliffs in shaping ancient rock ...

Unlike kids in the United States, hunter-gatherer children in the Congo Basin have often learned how to hunt, identify edible plants and care for babies by the tender age of six or seven. This rapid ...

The remarkable rock art sites—dated to between 5000 B.C. and 1500 B.C.—consist of vertical cliffs rising directly from lakes.

A bird's-eye-view of South America's Yucatán Peninsula has revealed a massive 4,000-year-old fishery in Belize's largest ...

Researchers at the University of Helsinki performed acoustic impulse response measurements in front of 37 rock painting site ...

Earthen channels that span more than 640 kilometres show that pre-Mayan Mesoamericans built large-scale fish-trapping ...

A new study suggests that the DNA some modern Japanese people have inherited from ancient hunter-gatherers may increase BMI.