The ancient Hadza just demystified how to be generous. New research that sharing is contagious, so simply surrounding yourself by generous people will help you share more. Modern civilizations have ...

Join for a lively look into the origins of human civilization — Africa's Rift Valley, home of the unique but imperiled Hadza people. As east Africa's last remaining community of hunter-gatherers, the ...

In the modern world, people cooperate with other people including strangers all the time. We give blood, tip providers of various services, and donate to charity despite the fact that there is ...

In a remote area of north-central Tanzania, men leave their huts on foot, armed with bows and poison-tipped arrows, to hunt for their next meal. Dinner could come in the form of a small bird, a ...

The gut microbiome of the Hadza people of Tanzania is vastly more diverse than the gut microbiome of the average Californian, says a new study that highlights the extensive changes induced by ...

In the modern world, people cooperate with other people including strangers all the time. We give blood, tip providers of various services, and donate to charity despite the fact that there is ...

For the past few years, scientists around the world have been accumulating evidence that the Western lifestyle is altering our microbiome. Some species of bacteria are even disappearing to ...

Deep in the Rift Valley of East Africa, close to some of the most ancient human remains ever unearthed, one of the continent’s last hunter-gatherer tribes is embracing 21 st-century environmentalism.

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The words "endangered species" often conjure up images of big exotic creatures. Think elephants, leopards and polar bears. But there's another of type of extinction that may be occurring, right now, ...