After spending three years in prison, Ashley Douglas (played by “The Wire” alum Andre Royo) returns to his old neighborhood hoping to pick up his life right where he left off. However, he soon finds ...

Infants and toddlers may be psychologically wired to thrive with high levels of "sensitive care" and personal attention, according to a study conducted with contemporary hunter-gatherer societies.

For hundreds of thousands of years, up until the time when agriculture was invented (a mere 10,000 years ago), we were all hunter-gatherers. Our human instincts, including all of the instinctive means ...

Why is "ancient equality" being re-examined now?In modern society, the expansion of economic and social inequality (the gap ...

Pairing an evolutionary anthropologist with a child psychiatrist has produced a new study that provides interesting insights into how children’s mental well-being and education might be improved by ...

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People in the postindustrial world don’t always get a sound night sleep. But they appear to spend a similar amount of time sleeping as do people in hunter-gatherer communities in Africa and South ...

"The Wire" star finally gets his very own leading role with Josh Locy's festival favorite. Ashley Douglas is just making a living. Recently released from prison after three years, the one-time ex-con, ...

Recently when cooking with my boyfriend, I caught him staring at a pan–with five minutes before he had to flip anything!! So I asked him, “Why don’t you empty the dishwasher while you’re waiting?” He ...

The authors acknowledge that children living in hunter-gatherer societies live in very different environments and circumstances than those in developed countries. They also stress that hunter-gatherer ...