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, ...

Most of us were taught there was a clear division of labour when it came to early hunter gatherers. Men did the hunting and women did the gathering. But new research suggest the roles were shared much ...

There’s an old saying that sex leads to diapers. If we deny that fact, we’re ignoring reality and risking all that comes with ...

An unhealthy diet, lack of exercise, and smoking – considered to be a relatively recent societal curse – are all risk factors to heart disease. But if that is the case, did heart disease exist ...

Genetic Research Confirms 9,000-Year-Old Burial Site was of a Female Shaman and Her Grandchild An extraordinary double burial ...

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 ...

So how do hunter-gatherers get energy when there’s no meat? It turns out that “man the hunter” is backed up by “woman the forager,” who, with some help from children, provides more ...