When groups make decisions—whether it's humans aligning on a shared idea, robots coordinating tasks, or fish deciding where to swim—not everyone contributes equally. Some individuals have more ...

How do these factors impact ecological systems and human societies? Aa Aa Aa We live in a world where humans are having profound impacts on the global environment. Climate is warming, the ...

While some anthropologists do look for vanished civilizations in jungles, many of us work closer to home. Anthropology compares human societies across the globe and across time. We compare present and ...

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 ...

Within Western societies, despite centuries of suppression ... or spiritual worker has been part of our collective identity and human experience since time immemorial. In the 21st century ...

First published in the United States by W.W.Norton and Company, on March 1 1997, Guns, Germs and Steel was initially subtitled ‘The Fates of Human Societies.’ Within a few months, this subtitl ...

the most evil society in human history. It was hardly a surprise when it was confirmed last week that the youngest hostages were killed. We hoped against hope that Hamas would put practicality and ...

WTWO/WAWV has been running the Tail-a-Thon since 10 a.m. Wednesday morning and we’ve received word of a huge leap in the ...