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Hunter-gatherers

Citizen science, master trackers and deciphering the sands of time

Africa

Citizen science, master trackers and deciphering the sands of time

By Don Pinnock

Paleo myth clubbed on the head – ‘man the hunter, woman the gatherer’ is just not true

Sci-Tech

Paleo myth clubbed on the head – ‘man the hunter, woman the gatherer’ is just not true

By Elsabé Brits

Secrets in the genes – how ancient DNA sheds light on social changes in Africa 50,000 years ago

Africa

Secrets in the genes – how ancient DNA sheds light on social changes in Africa 50,000 years ago

By Elizabeth Sawchuk, Jessica Thompson and Mary Prendergast

Emperor moths in the rock art of the Namib Desert shed new light on shamanic ritual

Magazine

Emperor moths in the rock art of the Namib Desert shed new light on shamanic ritual

By John Kinahan