The classic thought experiment about a horse-sized duck and a hundred duck-sized horses is more than a joke. It captures a ...

The authors propose that collective nest defense, disease control and other traits associated with complex societies reduced the need for formidable individual armor. This may have kicked off a ...

Some cities only last a century or two, while others last for a thousand years or more. Often, there aren’t clear records left behind to explain why. Instead, archaeologists piece together clues from ...

The modes of communication that a society uses can tell us a lot about its political structure. A research study we published in 2022 revealed distinct modes of communication and administrative ...

The psychology of human interconnectedness can help shift our focus from societal conflict to progress. The enigmatic nature of human consciousness has captivated philosophers and scholars for ...

"There's this question in biology of what happens to individuals as the societies they are in get more complex. For example, the individuals may themselves become simpler because tasks that a solitary ...

Would you rather fight a horse-sized duck or 100 duck-sized horses? The famous question, though implausible, reflects a ubiquitous tradeoff between quantity and quality. Now, a new study shows that ...