Not only were “modern” elements of enterprise present and even dominant already in Mesopotamia in the third millennium BC, but the...

The changing context for enterprise through the centuries reminds us that business activities are not universal but fluid and alter...

Offshore banking and tax-avoidance centers are nothing new; they’ve been with us for millennia. Singapore skyline at night - Bijay...

Extensive ocher use reflects the culture and cognitive abilities of early humans, who inherited an affinity for red from primate...

By Brenna R. Hassett Our species devotes a singular amount of time to an utterly unserious aspect of life: play. This begs the question:...

The Roman concept of property is essentially creditor-oriented. As Rome’s power grew, practices quickly became predatory. House of the...

Amaury Laporte, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons By Richard D. Wolff By “class system” we...

We need a broad comparative lens to produce useful explanations and narratives of our origins across time. An ancient skull excavated...

Some struggles can be kept nonviolent, but decolonization never has been—certainly not in India. Public domain image of Gandhi leaving a...

Although the Magna Carta typically is depicted as the birth of England’s fight to create democracy, the 13th-century struggle was to...

Whether in the realms of trade or agriculture, the operative principle was that debtors should not lose their economic liberty by being...

An interview with renowned archaeologist Gary M. Feinman on the emergence of a global data set from our past that humanity can use to...

President of Russia Vladimir Putin and General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xi Jinping, March 2023 -- Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0...

Spectacular archeological finds reveal the true past of the first Europeans. Atapuerca, Gran Dolina excavation -- Malopez 21, CC BY-SA...

By Brenna R. Hassett Anthropological science is our species’ attempt to address our most fundamental questions about who we are and how...

A short film and narratives project “Stories for Life” seeks to bring about the shift in culture that humanity needs to survive....

Archaeological Zone of Yaxchilan -- ZoRrO0880, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons By...

Young couple enjoying each other's company -- John Brighenti from Rockville, MD, United States, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/li...

New findings and significant advances in research have scientists rethinking our origins, and museums around the world are working to...

View of the Avenue of the Dead and the Pyramid of the Sun, from Pyramid of the Moon, Teotihuacán -- Jackhynes, Public domain, via...