A 400-foot-long granite structure off the coast of Brittany suggests late hunter-gatherers were already beginning to settle ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a remarkable undersea discovery which dates back to 5,000 B.C. and correlates with a local myth telling of a "lost," sunken city.

Italians are known for their food, architecture, and longevity (among other things), with the Mediterranean diet often cited ...

As regular readers of this blog know, I have in previous posts commented on hunter-gatherers' playfulness; their playful religious practices; their playful approach toward productive work; their ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the living world, from microbes to ecosystems. This article is more than 6 years old. A 19th century illustration of a ...

There's an idea percolating up from the anthropology world that may make you rethink what makes you happy. The idea is not new. It surfaced in the popular consciousness back in the late 1960s and ...

Long before the advent of social media, human social networks were built around sharing a much more essential commodity: food. Now, researchers reporting on the food sharing networks of two ...

April 22 (UPI) --Analysis of ancient pottery fragments suggest groups of hunter gatherers living in the Baltic had developed culturally distinct cuisines between 6,000 and 7,500 years ago. Researchers ...

A new year brings renewed fitness resolutions — and with it, new diet fads. A 2017 YouGov survey found that 37% of Americans set New Year’s resolutions that included “eat[ing] healthier”; the same ...