Neolithic cemeteries in China reveal matrilineal societies, challenging traditional assumptions about early human societies.

More than 400,000 years ago—long before the rise of the first agricultural civilizations or even the arrival of Homo sapiens ...

Heatwaves are often triggered and sustained by stationary high-pressure systems, sometimes referred to as "heat domes". These ...

Genetic analysis of skeletons at Catalhoyuk, a Neolithic settlement in Turkey, suggests a matriarchal society where women ...

Five globally respected academic institutions have come together to launch the Global Alliance on Sustainable Urban Societies ...

New research analyzing isotopes from ancient African remains reveals how societies adapted strategies to survive major climate change.

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

In many ways, the place of human rights in US foreign policy is simply returning to its pre-World War II norm.

Recent discoveries using lab-grown brain organoids, or "mini-brains," suggest that testosterone increases brain size while ...

Archaeologists have long thought that monumental architecture—large, human-built structures that emphasize visibility—were products of societies with power structures, including social hierarchy, ...

New research suggests that the unique way human placentas produce sex hormones during pregnancy may have been a key driver ...

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