They helped us be watchful, while giving us the possibility to hope for a better future. But which one helps us lead a better life? For Die Zeit, Harald Martenstein, a self-declared pessimist, looks ...

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

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

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 ...

This new finding, which dates back approximately 13,000 years, adds a new dimension to our understanding of Paleolithic human ...

SFU testing helps the BC Coroners Service determine if unidentified skeletal remains are ancient or modern based on diet.

SFU testing helps the BC Coroners Service determine if unidentified skeletal remains are ancient or modern based on diet.

The three-dimensional shape of a protein can be used to resolve deep, ancient evolutionary relationships in the tree of life, according to a new study. It is the first time researchers use data from ...

Researchers have innovatively merged protein structural data with genetic sequences to construct evolutionary trees, ...

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

University of Hawaii at Manoa Anthropology Professor Christopher Bae likens his discovery to piecing together a giant puzzle, ...