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Dec. 1, 2023 Societies and political structures, like the humans they serve, appear to become more fragile as they age, according to an analysis of hundreds of pre-modern societies. A new study, which holds ...
Mar. 28, 2023 Data from 124 societies shows that dogs' functions predict their treatment, with closer bonds forming in societies where dogs have multiple ...
Sep. 18, 2023 It's no longer just about stopping, but how we can live with climate change. To figure this out, we must delve into our cultures. A new study points out how our history could help guide the ...
Mar. 8, 2023 Hunter-gatherers can help us understand the conditions that children may be psychologically adapted to because we lived as hunter-gatherers for 95% of our evolutionary history. And paying greater ...
Feb. 5, 2024 Many Indigenous peoples and local communities around the world are leading very satisfying lives despite having very little money. This research shows that many societies with very low monetary ...
Sep. 26, 2024 A study of informal finance finds that in East Africa, money moves in very different patterns depending on whether societies are structured around family units or age-based ...
Apr. 14, 2025 Wealth inequality began shaping human societies more than 10,000 years ago, long before the rise of ancient empires or the invention of writing. That's according to a new study that challenges ...
Sep. 20, 2023 A new study finds that only a third of adults in the United States did not rely on their parents for some form of material support between their late teens and early ...
Oct. 6, 2022 An opinion piece urgently calls for more research into the specific pathways by which civilization could potentially collapse due to climate change. Scientists have warned that climate change ...
May 8, 2025 From seatbelt laws to new speed limits -- many people soon stop resisting policy changes that restrict their personal freedom once the new rules come into force. Researchers also identified the ...