A trio of researchers from Bocconi University, in Italy, the University of Cambridge, in the U.K., and Stanford University, in the U.S., has found that there was more economic inequality under the Han Dynasty than during the Roman Empire. In their study published in the journal Nature Communications, Guido Alfani, Michele Bolla and Walter Scheidel applied modern economic and business tools to the two economies.
If this is considered science, give my dog a labcoat and call her Dr. Woofwoof.
I have seen some bullshit based on wild extrapolations published in Nature before, but this is impressive, even by anthropology standards.