There were no significant differences between male and female diets, suggesting a society with relative gender parity — at least at the dinner table. For centuries, archaeologists and thinkers ...

For decades, scientists have believed that early humans had a division of labor: Men generally did the hunting and women did the gathering. And this view hasn’t been limited to academics.

Neolithic cemeteries in China reveal matrilineal societies, challenging traditional assumptions about early human societies.

Is human society becoming more violent? ... His new work, one of the largest archaeological studies on early human violence, tries to avoid that prejudice, by examining a large set of bones.

Researchers believe that the wall was built by early human societies before these areas were inundated, offering an unprecedented glimpse into the activities of prehistoric peoples who once lived ...

The climate and early human societies were changing quickly during the fall of our closest evolutionary relative—and are big clues to the causes of their demise.

In early human societies, dogs were used as hunting and guarding companions, but also as sources of warmth and comfort. During the Industrial Revolution, dogs were employed for specific purposes ...

Humans are the only animal that lives in virtually every possible environment, from rainforests to deserts to tundra. This ...