Human sacrifice was practiced in many early human societies throughout the world. In China and Egypt the tombs of rulers were accompanied by pits containing hundreds of human bodies, whose spirits ...

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 ...

Big Babies Helped Shape Early Human Societies Scientists say human babies weigh proportionally more at birth than the babies of any other primate species. Now an anthropologist has shown that the ...

"Human sacrifice was found in early human societies throughout the world (such as South America, Europe, the Middle East and Austronesia) long before cultures in these regions are known to have ...

In-laws transformed early human society. Human culture may stem from marital twist among ancient hunter-gatherers. Share this: Share via email (Opens in new window) Email; ...

There is a generation of anthropologists who have succeeded these early figures, including Jerome Lewis, now one of the main movers for the study of egalitarian societies. He refers to the fact that ...

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.

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 ...

The findings, published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances, suggest labor among early human societies in the Americas was shared relatively evenly by men and women.. Authors of the new ...

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 ...