The cultivation of wheat, barley and maize, which are easily stored and taxed, seems to have led to the emergence of large ...

Are modern societies built on bloody foundations? That is the suggestion of new research into traditional Austronesian cultures. Ritual human sacrifice seems to be key to the emergence of inherited ...

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 ...

Transcript of the keynote address by Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Michael O’Flaherty at 16th Warsaw Human ...

Human rights are under pressure in many places across the globe. Peaceful protests are violently quashed. Voting is tampered with. And minorities are often excluded from decision-making. All of this ...

One in every eight households in the U.S. isn’t always sure where the next meal will come from. Limited food access can spell ...

Dogs have been part of human societies across Eurasia for at least 20,000 years, accompanying us through many social and ...

The team identified six cases of Down syndrome and one case of Edwards syndrome in human populations that were living in Spain, Bulgaria, Finland, and Greece from as long ago as 4,500 years before ...

A new study led by George Brill and colleagues from the University of Cambridge reveals that these groups practiced an ...