Hunters for the little ones

A reconstruction of what might have looked like the structure of a hunter-gatherer community Credit York University Center Year

Household management 11,000 years ago: New study reveals hunter-gatherer homes were surprisingly organized

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Archaeological findings at the famous Mesolithic site 'Star Ker' in North Yorkshire suggest that hunter-gatherers maintained an orderly living space by allocating specific areas for different domestic activities
Elephant hunting illustration. Photo: Dana Akerfeld.

The human brain grew following the extinction of large mammals and the transition to hunting small mammals

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A new article by Dr. Miki Ben Dor and Prof. Ran Barkai, researchers from the Department of Archeology offers a unifying explanation for the cumulative physiological changes and social behavior of humans since the appearance of humans about two million years ago
Excavations 2018 at the archaeological site Ein Gav 2 on the Sea of ​​Galilee, from the research of Prof. Lior Grossman. Photo: Naftali Hilgar

First direct evidence of a surplus economy and long-term hoarding 12,000 years ago

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At the prehistoric Nahal Ein Gev site in the north of Israel, researchers from the Hebrew University have uncovered evidence that man stored various materials, including food, in an elaborate facility that was established 12 thousand years ago. According to the researchers, the facility testifies
A Kong woman makes jewelry next to a boy. Stahler/Wikimedia

Humans are not selfish by nature - we are actually built to work together

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Studies have shown that the hunter-gatherers cooperated and did not compete. The competition started with agriculture