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

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

Early humans adapted to harsh conditions over a million years ago, researchers find - Our early human ancestors had a much ...

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.

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

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

An early human ancestor of our species successfully navigated harsher and more arid terrains for longer in Eastern Africa ...

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

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

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