For years, the common belief has been that pre-agricultural hunter-gatherer societies relied heavily on meat. However, new evidence from a groundbreaking study reveals a surprising twist in the dietary practices of ancient human groups in Morocco, suggesting a marked preference for plant-based food over 15,000 years ago. The study, conducted by a team of international […]
Anthropology
Researchers Propose How Humanity Could Unite to Address Global Challenges
In today’s world, we face big problems like climate change, poverty, and terrorism that can only be tackled if everyone works together globally. But how do we get everyone on the same page? A recent study led by the University of Oxford suggests that by reminding ourselves of our shared biology and common experiences worldwide, […]
Chimpanzees Already Use a War Tactic Known Only to Humans
New research from West Africa suggests our closest evolutionary relatives, chimpanzees, use a battlefield tactic previously thought to be unique to humans. Scientists have discovered that chimpanzees will climb hills near territorial borders to surveil rival groups in a strategic manner similar to ancient human military scouts. Researchers studied two neighboring chimpanzee communities living in […]
Study Reveals Philistines Came from Europe
A study published in Science Advances by an international team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute, Harvard University, and Seoul University, among others, suggests that the Philistines, the people mentioned in the Bible as enemies of the Israelites, were immigrants from Europe who arrived in the region in the 12th century B.C. The team […]
The inhabitants of Çatalhöyük were already experiencing typically urban problems 9,000 years ago
Around 9,000 years ago, the inhabitants of Çatalhöyük in central Turkey were among the earliest humans to experience some of the dangers of modern urban living. Çatalhöyük was one of the first large agricultural communities in the world and housed between 3,500 to 8,000 people at its peak. New research shows that residents faced overcrowding, […]