New research shows Australopithecus ate mostly plants, challenging theories about early human diets, meat, and evolution.

A study of tool use among chimps, our closest living relatives, has cast light on the human evolutionary journey.

The research challenges the long-held belief that only Homo sapiens had the capacity to thrive in extreme environments.

Chemicals in the tooth enamel of Australopithecus suggest the early human ancestors ate very little meat, dining on vegetation instead.

Three-million-year-old tools found in Kenya reveal early humans' ability to cut food, butcher meat, and adapt to new diets.

Human ancestors like Australopithecus – which lived around 3.5 million years ago in southern Africa – ate very little to no ...

The incorporation of meat into the diet was a milestone for the human evolutionary lineage, a potential catalyst for advances ...

B ritish scientists unveiled research indicating that the human brain grew slowly over millions of years, occurring gradually ...

Our species is defined by a long list of cultural and genetic traits that set us apart from our ancient counterparts.

New research using climate models provides fascinating insights into how environmental conditions influenced the evolution ...

A new study outlines the ways by which city life may be shaping the evolution of urban coyotes, the highly adaptable carnivores spotted in alleyways from Berkeley, Calif., to the Bronx, in New York.