Unlike kids in the United States, hunter-gatherer children in the Congo Basin have often learned how to hunt, identify edible plants and care for babies by the tender age of six or seven. This rapid ...

Ancient DNA shows that hunter-gatherers in northwestern Europe endured for millennia, with women driving a gradual cultural shift toward farming.

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

"The book has its origins in the Ninth International Conference on Hunting and Gathering Societies (CHAGS 9 for short), which was held at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, in September 2003"--Front ...

Thousands of years ago, hunter-gatherers took the remains of ostrich eggshells and made them into decorative beads. But researchers found them in areas where ostriches never lived, sparking the ...

A new study of ancient pottery adds to evidence that hunter-gatherers in Europe ate more than meat and developed early ...

Worn as part of a headdress, the antler was likely used in the ritualistic merging of two ancient cultures.

Introduction / Barry Hewlett -- Cultural diversity of African Pygmies / Serge Bahuchet -- Population genetics of Central African Pygmies and non-Pygmies / Paul Verdu -- On Late Holocene population ...

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The 9,500-year-old remains of a woman in Malawi have set a new record, marking Africa's oldest evidence of intentional cremation, as well as the earliest known cremation pyre for an adult that is ...