A new study led by Amy Bogaard, Professor of European Archaeology, School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, reveals that high wealth inequality in human societies over the past 10,000 years was ...

If the archaeological record has been correctly interpreted, stone alignments in Tanzania's Olduvai Gorge are remnants of shelters built 1.7 million years ago by Homo habilis, an extinct species ...

Thousands of years ago, just eight humble plants laid the foundation for human civilization ushering in the age of farming, settlements, and society as we know it. These ancient crops shaped our diets ...

Wealth inequality began shaping human societies more than 10,000 years ago, long before the rise of ancient empires or the invention of writing. That's according to a new study that challenges ...

A study of 50,000 houses from the late Pleistocene to the onset of European colonialism has revealed that social inequality ...

Yuval Noah Harari’s books illuminate history, technology, and society with bold and interesting insights. A compelling ...

When we think of modern innovations, we often picture digital devices, advanced medicine, or sleek engineering. But what if many of the ideas we call “modern” were already in use thousands of years ...

Lunar soil samples collected by China's Chang'e-5 and Chang'e-6 missions from the moon displayed at the China Pavilion of ...

The Sinhala Aluth Avurudda or the Sinhalese New Year is celebrated in the month of Bak according to the traditional lunar calendar of the Sinhalese people. The name ‘Bak’ comes from the Sanskrit word ...

Our ancestors’ ability to recognize water sources was crucial to their survival. As a result, the attraction to lustrous materials is deeply rooted in our evolutionary history and is evident among ...

Believed to be over 10,000 years old, it challenges the timeline of human construction, suggesting that advanced societies ...

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