How do we organize elements in a system? One way is through the lens of hierarchy, which presupposes levels, a top-down ...

Many human societies contain cultural groups known as clans, whose members believe that they share common ancestors. These clans develop conventions regarding who should marry whom, and clan ...

Author Bio: Professor of anthropology (emerita) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Carole Crumley is a founding scientist of the research strategy termed historical ecology.

The 2021 book Power From Below in Premodern Societies13 reports archaeological findings that question aggression as a central driver of human societies. The 18 authors of the book argue that ...

Women were at the centre of early Iron Age British communities, a new analysis of 2,000-year-old DNA reveals. The research, ...

“Human society, even in one time slice from the Iron Age, is radically different in different regions of Europe,” Dr. Pope said. “We’re getting closer to an increasingly scientific ...

Over the last few days, the Wisconsin Human Society (WHS) has taken steps to address a challenging situation involving the ...