A panoramic view of Cheddar Gorge in Somerset, UK - Photo by DAVID ILIFF. License: CC BY-SA 3.0 By Brenna R. Hassett A recent...

Language plays an important role in understanding the concept of numbers. Image via Jeuwre, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons By...

Display of prehistoric stone tools at Melka Kunture Prehistoric Site -- Richard Mortel, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Deborah...

By Brenna R. Hassett There is a great deal of attention in modern societies to inequality and the social problems it causes. Often...

We know from history that there are many ways we can live together—let’s explore the idea. Aerroscape & Lino Zeddies, CC BY-SA 4.0 By...

What draws us to such a distant and long-gone time? A fruitful relationship has always existed between prehistory (a scientific...

You can learn a lot about humanity from the first technological revolutions of more than 10,000 years ago. By Brenna R. Hassett, Human...

Human technologies have continued to evolve exponentially since the end of the Paleolithic: today we are using them to learn more about...

Ancient human retrovirus DNA could be one of the markers of susceptibility to mental illness—specifically schizophrenia, bipolar...

By Brenna R. Hassett, Human Bridges We know that humans live relatively long lives, and we certainly know that we spend a larger...

Collaborative efforts between forest agencies and Indigenous communities are improving wildfire management by combining oral histories...

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...

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

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...