In Peru, archaeologists just uncovered the 9,000-year-old remains of teenage girl — who appears to have been a big game hunter. Her grave contained a 24-piece hunting toolkit which included spear tips ...

About 19,000 years ago, a woman from a group of hunter-gatherers died and was buried in a cave in northern Spain. In 1996, ...

Researchers at University College London (UCL) developed mathematical models to test how gender equality might influence the makeup of hunter-gatherer groups. In one simulation, the researchers gave ...

But Stone Age families likely had a relatively manageable amount of children. On average, hunter-gatherer women gave birth to four children spaced roughly four years apart. “Exercise, diet and ...

From the Forest Canopies to the Ocean Depths Across the globe, hunter-gatherer societies demonstrate a breathtaking array of movement strategies. In Southeast Asia, Bajau women spend hours diving ...