Hunters

Ancient clay beads found in northern Israel rewrite timeline of cultural expression in the region

Researchers identified 19 different types of beads, whose shapes are reminiscent of plants that were harvested by Natufians, and were vital to their lives, such as wild barley, lentils, and peas. 

A butterfly clay bead from the Final Natufian period in Eynan-Mallaha, Hula Valley, colored red with ochre and marked with the fingerprints of an approximately 10-year-old child, March 18, 2026.
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Global supply chains, local hunters: Why bulk ammo buys spike each season

Ofer and his mother in the valley of the deer

A symbol of nature: Israel files landmark NIS 594K lawsuit for illegal deer hunting

 Whaling ships are seen docked at a wharf in Rejkjavik

Iceland suspends whaling ship over animal welfare violation


Big brains helped animals survive mass extinction 120,000 years ago - study

A TAU team hypothesized that humans evolved modern traits as an adaptational response to the need to hunt progressively smaller and quicker prey.

 Cretaceous carnivorous mammal Repenomamus robustus attacking the plant-eating dinosaur Psittacosaurus lujiatunensis

Mississippi hunters catch record-breaking monster 14-foot alligator

It was only after a seven-hour battle, that they realized the size and scale of the monster they had just defeated.

American alligator

Researchers find that women were hunters throughout history - study

There is sufficient evidence to warrant the conclusion that women in foraging societies across the world participated in hunting.

 A mosaic depicting hunters

Cruise ship witnesses slaughter of dozens of pilot whales

Passengers aboard a cruise ship that had docked in the Faroe Islands were shocked and horrified to bear witness to the mass slaughter of pilot whales.

 Pilot whales.

Reexamining the male hunter, female gatherer paradigm – study

The idea of 'men hunt and women gather' is totally wrong according to a new study.

 A mosaic depicting hunters

Tiny prehistoric flutes could imitate predatory bird calls 12,000 years ago

Scientists used a multidisciplinary approach to demonstrate that the flutes were intentionally made from bird bones to produce sounds similar to raptor calls.

 Prehistoric flute made from bird bone.

Amazon’s ‘Hunters’ season 2 mixes fact and fiction about the holocaust

Hitler is alive and in hiding in the final season of ‘Hunters,’ Amazon’s series about Jews hunting and killing Nazis in the 70s.

 Logan Lerman and Jerrika Hinton in the second season of Amazon's "Hunters."

Chimpanzees use vocal communication to make hunting easier - study

The study highlights the importance of vocal communication in evolutionary development, its link to group-level cooperation and that it may not be exclusive to just humans.

 A chimpanzee. One of the closest animals to humans on the evolutionary ladder (illustrative).

9,000-year-old Neolithic ritual site discovered in Jordan desert

Archaeologist have discovered a uniquely preserved ritual hunting complex in the Jordanian desert, which reveals sophisticated mass hunting strategies unexpected in such an early time period.

 One of the two statues uncovered by archaeologists in the southeastern Jordanian desert is pictured during a news conference in Amman, Jordan February 22, 2022. Picture taken February 22, 2022.

Exercise can slow your aging process. Here's the proof

We must all move more and lie down less, because even small doses of activity can have a huge impact on the rate at which we age.

 Members of the Hadza, a modern hunter-gatherer people living in northern Tanzania, singing and dancing