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 ...

The development of civilization brought a new standard of living to human societies, but it also brought problems such as warfare, environmental degradation and disparity of wealth. Looking at the ...

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

Society refers to physical groups of people while culture is learned behavior socially transmitted. Yes, culture and society ...

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, ...

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 County Board of Commissioners approved a cooperative agreement with the Humane Society of the United States regarding an animal rescue operation. The operation may involve the transportation of ...

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