A recent study proposes a new paradigm for understanding the role of carrion in the subsistence of human populations throughout their evolution. Ana Mateos and Jesús Rodríguez, scientists at the ...

Early humans were not the feared masters of the savanna long imagined. On the contrary, some still served as meals for big ...

Digital reconstruction of a crushed skull from an ancient human could rewrite the timeline of human evolution, according to ...

A new study may be about to rewrite a part of our early human history. It has long been thought that Homo habilis, often considered the first true human species, was the one to turn the tables on the ...

The hunting and gathering activities of early humans required a high-calorie diet consisting of a variety of macronutrients—protein, carbohydrates, and fat. While hunting big-game animals—like deer, ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? If H. habilis really had begun the shift towards eating meat, they argue, the only ...

Study: Hominins had a taste for high-carb plants long before they had the teeth to eat them, providing first evidence of behavioral drive in the human fossil record As early humans spread from lush ...

A groundbreaking discovery on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi reveals that early hominins crossed treacherous seas over a million years ago, leaving behind stone tools that reshape our understanding ...

For decades, textbooks painted a dramatic picture of early humans as tool-using hunters who rose quickly to the top of the food chain. The tale was that Homo habilis, one of the earliest ...

Digital reconstruction of a crushed skull from an ancient human relative could rewrite the timeline of human evolution, researchers said. A cranium dubbed Yunxian 2 was found in the Yunxian region of ...