Of the 0.61C increase in global average temperatures over 1990-2020, a new study estimates that 65% was due to the emissions ...

A major study using data from more than a thousand archaeological sites examines the transition from primitive egalitarianism ...

Wealth inequality dates back more than 10,000 years, long before the emergence of the first civilizations. A recent study ...

Wealth inequality began shaping human societies more than 10,000 years ago, long before the rise of ancient empires or the invention of writing. That's according to a new study that challenges ...

Five millennia ago, wealth inequality—which had stayed roughly constant for thousands of years—exploded. It has stayed constant, albeit much higher, ever since. "It's really amazing," says SFI ...

Analysis of data from over 47,500 homes across 2,990 archaeological sites over 10,000 years shows a correlation between wealth inequality and the longevity of human settlements.