Studies of ancient DNA have generally found that societies in Neolithic and Bronze Age Eurasia were organized around the male line. However, investigation of the Fujia archaeological site in eastern ...

Peking University, June 10, 2025: In a discovery that sheds new light on the lives of prehistoric people in China, a team of researchers from Peking University and the Shandong Institute of Cultural ...

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 ...

Human society is a multifaceted, continuously evolving construct that spans from the earliest communal groups to the complex, interconnected networks of contemporary life. It encompasses the interplay ...

Dogs began diversifying thousands of years earlier than previously believed, with clear differences in size and shape appearing over 11,000 years ago. A massive global analysis of ancient skulls shows ...