The transition from hunting and gathering to plant and animal domestication was one of the most important cultural and technological revolutions in human history. According to archeologists and ...

Despite recent research into the demographic concomitants of sedentism, little data of this nature is available for South Asia. This paper examined genealogical data from 23 Juang tribal villages in ...

March 27 (UPI) --New research suggests nomadic populations in Medieval Central Asia, between the 2nd and 16th centuries AD, ate more dynamic diets than sedentary Silk Road populations. Though most ...

Throughout history, groups of nomads have not always been given the attention they deserve, said Nicola Di Cosmo, professor of East Asian Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New ...

Like passionate foodies who know the best places to eat in every town, Silk Road nomads may have been the gastronomic elites of the Medieval Ages, enjoying diets much more diverse than their sedentary ...

Fulani Riddles. Among the nomadic Fulani and Bororo peoples of the French Niger Territory the main forms of oral literature are riddles, songs, and stories; riddles are particularly popular among the ...