Posts Tagged ‘gatherer’

Study Shows Prehistoric “Man Hunter, Woman Gatherer” View Is Grossly Inaccurate

For a long time, it has been believed that prehistoric men played the role of hunters while women took on the role of gatherers. Read more Section:  News Evolution & Human Origins Read Later  Source

Ancient DNA Reveals Contrasting Fates of Hunter-Gatherer Groups in Europe

Ancient DNA gathered from the bones and teeth of hunter-gatherers who lived as the Last Glacial Maximum was waning, around 19,000-25,000 years ago, has revealed exciting new information about our ancestors. The largest gathering of the genetic prehistoric record of Europe has been analyzed in a pair of new studies, from the remains of 357 […]

Harmony with Nature Revealed at 10,500-year-old Hunter-Gatherer Site in Yorkshire

At a site near Scarborough in North Yorkshire, the exceptionally well-preserved remains of a small settlement dating back 10,500 years have been found which was once inhabited by a group of hunter-gatherers. Read more Section:  News History & Archaeology Ancient Places Europe Read Later  Source

Computer Science Helps Explain Distribution of Hunter-Gatherer Groups

Using the way computers function as a source for analogy, a new study has discovered common patterns of social and cultural organization that unite hunter-gatherer cultures around the world and through time. In this research project, the social structures of many modern hunter-gatherer groups were compared and contrasted. Certain universal patterns of organization were found, […]

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