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 ...

Human sacrifice helped solidify systems of social hierarchy, according to a new study of traditional cultures in the Pacific Ocean. Here, an engraving shows English explorer James Cook witnessing ...

Human sacrifice is defined as the ritualized, religiously motivated killing of a human being. It is no longer sanctioned by any state, but it was once practiced by societies across the globe.

"From animal groups to human societies to robot swarms, collectives are inherently heterogeneous in many ways, with each ...

In the egalitarian societies observed in the study, only 5 of 20 had practiced human sacrifice. On the other hand, 18 of the 27 highly stratified societies had.

The oldest known Egyptian DNA sample, from a man who lived between 4,500 to 4,800 years ago, offers new insights into the ...

Many human societies contain cultural groups known as clans, whose members believe that they share common ancestors. These ...

Belief in moral-watching, all-knowing, punitive gods might have helped human societies grow far beyond small, close-knit groups, a new study shows. Researchers who ran an experiment with a total ...

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 ...

The old saying may be true: What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. At least that's the case for human civilizations across 30,000 years of history, according to a new analysis published May 1 ...

The placenta and the hormones it produces may have played a crucial role in the evolution of the human brain, while also ...

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