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

Learn more about how Homo erectus may have adapted to dryer, arid conditions before Homo sapiens.

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

In a nutshell Scientists have discovered that Homo erectus adapted to extreme desert conditions in East Africa one million ...

A study published in the Journal of Human Evolution found that chimpanzees select harder stones for nut-cracking tasks, ...

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

Analyzing the chemistry of some ancient teeth has revealed what human ancestors were eating around 3 million years ago.

A long-standing question about when archaic members of the genus Homo adapted to harsh environments such as deserts and rainforests has been answered in a new research paper.

"Lucy," our 3.2 million-year-old hominin relative, couldn't run very fast, according to a new study. But modeling her running ability has provided new insights into the evolution of human anatomy ...

Lucy, an early human ancestor, could run upright but much slower than modern humans. New simulations show that muscle and ...