A new study reveals how mathematical models can explain the formation and evolution of human societies and kinship systems.

How clans form and evolve within human societies has been modeled using a simple computer model developed by a RIKEN ...

Women were at the centre of early Iron Age British communities, a new analysis of 2,000-year-old DNA reveals. The research, ...

Tyrannical leaders eventually fall as their rule collapses around them. Resistance is always present and oppressive power is ...

Over the last few days, the Wisconsin Human Society (WHS) has taken steps to address a challenging situation involving the ...

Some scientists call this relatively well-examined subgroup of human societies WEIRD: that is, Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic. As long as people who live in countries that ...

Whales and dolphins (Cetaceans) live in tightly-knit social groups, have complex relationships, talk to each other and even have regional dialects – much like human societies. A major new study, ...

World Report, which reviews human rights practices in over 100 countries, highlights the increasing threats faced by civil ...

Ethiopian authorities have shut down two more prominent human rights organizations in recent weeks as part of their escalating crackdown against civil society.