Our paper is part of a series focusing on Indigenous peoples' health in different world
regions. Indigenous peoples worldwide are subject to marginalisation and discrimination …

It is a challenge to make sense of who we are. Where did we come from? Why are we so
radically different from other animals and so surprisingly similar to others? Why do our …

Landscapes of Neolithic Ireland is the first volume to be devoted solely to the Irish Neolithic,
using an innovative landscape and anthropological perspective to provide significant new …

Written by leading theorists and empirical researchers, this book presents new ways of
addressing the old question: Why did religion first emerge and then continue to evolve in all …

The “shamanism” or “neurpsychological” model proposed by Lewis-Williams and colleagues
has had a powerful impact on rock art research, and has significantly added to our …

The robusticity of human long bone diaphyses can provide information about habitual
behaviour among humans in the past. Mechanically relevant morphological variables …

How did prehistoric peoples those living before written records think? Were their modes of
thought fundamentally different from ours today? Researchers over the years have certainly …

Within-population genetic diversity is greatest within Africa, while between-population
genetic diversity is directly proportional to geographic distance. The most divergent …

In this paper we examine evidence from rock shelters in the Northern Province that points
towards a complex sequence of interaction between foragers and farmers. Farmers …

Ever since the emergence of human culture, people and animals have co-existed in close
proximity. Humans have always recognized both their kinship with animals and their …