Societies Are Unprepared for the Human Costs of Climate Overshoot – State of the Planet
Climate change impacts of relevance for the humanitarian sector and beyond include (a) the timing…
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African Societies Survived Climate Shifts for Millennia by Diversifying How They Lived – State of the Planet
Livelihood diversity wasn’t just a feature of ancient African societies—it was key to survival. New…
Hunter-gatherers get less sleep than people in industrial societies
Members of the Himba community in Namibia get just 5.5 hours of sleep a night…
Europe’s First Farmers Built Equal Societies
A comprehensive genetic study of Europe’s earliest farming communities has unveiled remarkable insights into their…
How Family Trauma Perpetuates Authoritarian Societies
Why are some societies warlike, and why are some peaceable? New scholarship suggests that societies…