Humans are actually limited in how much protein they can metabolize for energy, meaning early humans really needed a more ...

The common belief about our ancient human ancestors is that they were primarily carnivores, hunting animals for the main source of food. This "Paleolithic meat-eater" trope is widely believed by both ...

Early humans in Ethiopia survived the Toba supervolcano eruption by shifting to river foods, revealing how drought shaped ...

Along the ancient banks of a river in what is now northern Israel, scientists have uncovered surprising details about the diets of early humans. The discovery challenges a long-standing belief—that ...

Plants have been part of our diet as long as meat has, with new evidence showing that Neanderthals, early Homo sapiens and even earlier Homo hominins were using and processing starches, grass seeds, ...

As early humans spread from lush African forests into grasslands, their need for ready sources of energy led them to develop a taste for grassy plants, especially grains and the starchy plant tissue ...

Understanding what the environment looked like millions of years ago is essential for piecing together how our earliest ancestors lived and survived. Habitat shapes everything, from what food was ...

One spring, after a long winter, an aged elephant lay dying at the bank of a small stream near the coast of what is now northern Italy. Soon after, some scavengers arrived to dine on this huge ...

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 ...