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Explore how psilocybin's effects on empathy and the amygdala may have helped stabilize early human societies, from Algeria's caves to Mesoamerican codices.

Discover how the hearth shaped human evolution, from Neanderthal fire-making to sacred rituals, ecosystem engineering, and the origins of language and society.

Explore the pigments, tools, and cave sites behind humanity's oldest art - from a 100,000-year-old South African paint studio to the bison of Altamira.

Stable isotope analysis and coprolite studies reveal how ancient humans survived through scavenging, hunting, and complex plant food processing.