This article presents outcomes from a Workshop entitled “Bioarchaeology: Taking Stock and
Moving Forward,” which was held at Arizona State University (ASU) on March 6–8, 2020 …

Was human fighting always there, as old as our species? Or is it a late cultural invention,
emerging after the transition to agriculture and the rise of the state, which began …

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 …

Why is war so closely associated with men? Is it an expression of male nature or a product of
culture? This survey of masculinity and war considers the proposition that men are …

How do people living in small groups without money, markets, police and rigid social
classes develop norms of economic and social cooperation that are sustainable over time …

Understanding the influence of climate change and population pressure on human conflict
remains a critically important topic in the social sciences. Long-term records that evaluate …

An estimated 90 to 95% of Indigenous people in Amazonia died after European contact. This
population collapse is postulated to have caused decreases in atmospheric carbon dioxide …

Climate change is an indisputable threat to human health, especially for societies already
confronted with rising social inequality, political and economic uncertainty, and a cascade of …

The overall trajectory for the human–environment interaction has been punctuated by
demographic boom-and-bust cycles, phases of growth/overshooting as well as of …

The growth of cities in antiquity is paradoxical: before modern health and sanitation
standards, early urban dwellers suffered high mortality as a result of epidemics and chronic …