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The Origins of Social Inequality in the News

Strange 5,000-year-old clay bowls linked to rise and fall of one of world’s earliest governments (Independent, Dec 4, 2024)

Neolithic culture was less sexist than previously thought — according to researchers’ shocking finds at burial sites (New York Post, Nov. 29, 2024)

New research reveals insights into gender equality in hunter-gatherer societies (Phys – Nov 29, 2024)

1st wheel was invented 6,000 years ago in the Carpathian Mountains, modeling study suggests (Archaeology — October 23, 2024)

Archaeologists Discover 8,000-Year-Old House: ‘Extraordinary’ (Science – October 23, 2024)

Archaeologists Just Unearthed A 6,000-Year-Old Neolithic Longhouse In Poland (AllThat’sInteresting.Com – October 14, 2024

Evidence for dynastic succession among early Celtic elites in Central Europe (Nature – June 3,2024)

DNA suggests ancient Celtic royalty was matrilineal (Popular Science, June 3, 2024)

Poliochni Of Lemnos: The Oldest City In Europe And A Cradle Of Democracy (The Archaeologist – May 19, 2024)

I’ve spent a decade studying gender and I can tell you: as a woman, ageing sets you free (The Guardian – December 29, 2023)

The male hunter debunked: New research ends myth about hunter-gatherer sex roles (Wildhunt – August 11, 2023)

What is patriarchy? What does it mean and why is everyone talking about it? (CNN – August 2, 2023)

Amelogenin peptide analyses reveal female leadership in Copper Age Iberia (c. 2900–2650 BC) (Nature, July 6, 2023)

Ancient Britons built Stonehenge – then vanished. Is science closing in on their killers? (The Guardian, June 29, 2023)

Ancient DNA reveals the multiethnic structure of Mongolia’s first nomadic empire (Phys Org, April 14, 2023)

The Patriarchs by Angela Saini review – why it’s still a man’s world ( The Guardian – March 19, 2023)

On International Women’s Day, Avoiding the Patriarchy Trap (New York Times – March 8, 2023)

Who made you king of everything? Angela Saini on the origins of patriarchy (The Guardian – March 4, 2023)

A man’s world? Not according to biology or history (National Geographic – March 2, 2023)

Ancient DNA Offers New Insights into the Origins and Spread of Languages and Populations Across the Southern Arc (HHMI – Sep 2, 2022)

Viking Textiles Show Women Had Tremendous Power (Scientific American – October 2022)

How did the patriarchy start – and will evolution get rid of it? (The Conversation – September 20, 2022

Ancient DNA Offers New Insights into the Origins and Spread of Languages and Populations Across the Southern Arc (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, September 2, 2022).

Cahokia Not as Male-Dominated as Previously Thought, New Archaeology Shows (History Things – August 11, 2022)

Of Revenue Without Rulers: Public Goods in the Egalitarian Cities of the Indus Civilization (Frontiers in Political Science – April 2022)

Ancient Mexican city reveals social roots of democracy (The Hill – March 8, 2022)

Shocking Male vs Female CEO Statistics 2022 (Leftronic – January 23, 2022)

Archaeology’s Sexual Revolution (The Guardian, January 16, 2022)

3,000-Year-Old Remains Of Badass Women Warriors Found In Armenian Cemetery (IflScience – Jan 10, 2022)

Archaeologists stunned by worship of female god in Petra ‘long before Islam’ (UK Express – December 2021)

Human History Gets a Rewrite (The Atlantic – November 2021)

The Forgotten History of Amazon Warrior Women of Ancient Scythia (Discover Magazine – July 23, 2021)

Some Generous Apes May Help Explain the Evolution of Human Kindness (npr.org – March 2021)

Actually Ancient Big Game Hunters were Women (Inverse – Nov 4, 2020)

Ancient ‘megasites’ may reshape the history of the first cities (Feb 19, 2020)

Why are adult daughters missing from ancient German cemeteries? (October 10, 2019)

The discovery of the ancient Greek city of Tenea (bbc – 16th September 2019)

Drug to increase women’s sex drive wins FDA approval (nbcnews.com – June 2019

Largest Neolithic Settlement in Israel Uncovered. Up to 3,000 People May Have Lived There (Live Science – July 17, 2019)

Surprising DNA found in ancient people from southern Europe (National Geographic – March 14, 2019)

Sex in Our Strange World | Why Matriarchy Means Better Sex and a Better Society (Vice, March 7, 2019)

10 Stats That Build the Case for Investing in Women-Led Startups (Forbes – January 2019)

Her 3,000-Year-Old Bones Showed Unusual Signs of Wear. It Turns Out, She Was a Master Ceramicist (Smithsonian – Sep 14. 2018)

500-year-old DNA from Rakhigarhi reveals evidence that will unsettle Hindutva nationalists (India Today – September 10, 2018)

The age of patriarchy: how an unfashionable idea became a rallying cry for feminism today (The Guardian – June 22, 2018)

Ancient DNA Is Rewriting Human (and Neanderthal) History (The Atlantic – March 2018)

New Evidence Fuels Debate over the Origin of Modern Languages (Scientific American – March 1, 2018)

Britain’s prehistoric catastrophe revealed: How 90% of the neolithic population vanished in just 300 years (Independent – February 21, 2018)

Why Billionaires have more Sons (bbc.com – October 2017)

Blond hair originated during the last Ice Age, some 11,000 years ago ( September 2016)

The Orgasm Gap: Simple Truth & Sexual Solutions (Psychology Today – October 4, 2015)

Photos Of Matriarchal Societies Show What Gender Equality Looks Like Across The Globe (Huffington Post, Oct 1, 2015)

Inside the world’s original free love community: Islanders change spouses whenever they want, have dedicated ‘love huts’ and settle their differences over a game of cricket (The Daily Mail – May 14, 2014)

Equality and polyamory: why early humans weren’t The Flintstones ( The Guardian, May 2015)

DNA solves mysteries of ancient Ireland (The World – December 30, 2015)

When Taking Multiple Husbands Makes Sense (Feb 1, 2013)

 World’s oldest nuclear family unearthed in Germany (Nov 17, 2008)

The Women Who Run Juchitan: Matriarchy flourishes in this Mexican town where wives and mothers dominate economic and family life (Los Angeles Times – March 31, 1995)

Goddesses and Goodness : Riane Eisler Launched a Movement by Seeing a Society of Partners, Not Dominators (Los Angeles Times – August 21, 1989)