The “yesterday” in the title of Jared Diamond’s new book refers to the period 11,000 years ago when hunter-gatherer groups evolved into modern human societies. Despite the emergence of civilization, ...

Amidst political volatility and technological acceleration, truth and trust are deteriorating, warns Klaus Schwab.

However, exploration and mining are banned or heavily restricted on the vast majority of those lands. In fact, when the last detailed analysis was conducted (see pages 12-15), 427 million acres were ...

All good things must come to an end. Whether societies are ruled by ruthless dictators or more well-meaning representatives, they fall apart in time, with different degrees of severity. In a new paper ...

Societies and political structures, like the humans they serve, appear to become more fragile as they age, according to an analysis of hundreds of pre-modern societies. A new study, which holds ...

We may have ritual killing to thank in part for our complex modern society, according to a new study in Nature. Human sacrifice is not a rare or isolated human behavior. It's been done throughout ...

Our society has never been so divided. While forest fires run rampant and political disagreements wage wars on friendships, it’s safe to say that the world has lost its way. During such a turbulent ...

Environmental stress often sparked economic, political and social instability in early societies, according to a study that examines the impact of climate change on ancient Egypt. (CN) - Environmental ...