One of the most common stereotypes about the human past is that men hunted and women gathered. This sexual division of labor, the story goes, provided the meat and plant foods people needed to survive. The description of our time as a species dependent solely on wild foods until 10,000 years ago, when humans began… Read More »
One of the most common stereotypes about the human past is that men hunted and women gathered. This sexual division of labor, the story goes, provided the meat and plant foods people needed to survive. The description of our time as a species dependent solely on wild foods until 10,000 years ago, when humans began… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. A megastructure found in the Baltic Sea may represent one of the oldest known hunting structures used in the Stone Age, changing what is known about how hunter-gatherers lived about 11,000 years ago. Researchers and… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. A megastructure found in the Baltic Sea may represent one of the oldest known hunting structures used in the Stone Age, changing what is known about how hunter-gatherers lived about 11,000 years ago. Researchers and… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Scientists have compiled the largest database of ancient DNA based on the bones and teeth of nearly 5,000 people who lived in parts of Western Europe and Central Asia from 34,000 years ago to the… Read More »