ALT New technology used to reveal hunter-gatherer childcare A team of researchers, led by Dr Nikhil Chaudhary, examined childcare networks of two hunter-gatherer populations, The BaYaka from Congo and the Agta from the Philippines, by employing an exciting new technology

ALT Despite decades of debate about the relative importance of fathers and grandmothers, the researchers found that, overall, unrelated campmates, siblings and other older children spent the most time with infants and toddlers

ALT The authors also found that hunter-gatherer childcare systems are unique from an cross-specific perspective