BACKGROUND Ever since the writings of Darwin and Huxley, humans' place in nature
relative to apes (nonhuman hominoids) and the geographic origins of the human lineage …

Numbers of animal species react to the natural phenomenon of fire, but only humans have
learnt to control it and to make it at will. Natural fires caused overwhelmingly by lightning are …

Humans are a puzzling species. On the one hand, we struggle to survive on our own in the
wild, often failing to overcome even basic challenges, like obtaining food, building shelters …

This is Book 1 of 7 in the Ethnographer's Toolkit, Second Edition. The Ethnographer's Toolkit
series begins with this primer, which introduces novice and expert practitioners alike to the …

Natural killer (NK) cells have roles in immunity and reproduction that are controlled by
variable receptors that recognize MHC class I molecules. The variable NK cell receptors …

Our hominin ancestors inevitably encountered and likely ingested psychedelic mushrooms
throughout their evolutionary history. This assertion is supported by current understanding …

A powerful and provocative exploration of how war has changed our society—for the better."
War!..../What is it good for?/Absolutely nothing," says the famous song—but archaeology …

The role of African savannahs in the evolution of early hominins has been debated for nearly
a century. Resolution of this issue has been hindered by difficulty in quantifying the fraction …

Current evidence suggests that all of the major events in hominin evolution have occurred in
East Africa. Over the last two decades, there has been intensive work undertaken to …

We propose that plant foods containing high quantities of starch were essential for the
evolution of the human phenotype during the Pleistocene. Although previous studies have …