New research reveals early humans ate processed plant foods, challenging long-held beliefs behind the Paleo Diet.

A genome study contradicts long-held conceptions by determining when domestic felines were introduced into Europe from North Africa.

Archaeological research once again dispells the widespread belief that our Paleolithic ancestors were primarily meat-eaters, ...

Humans evolved over hundreds of thousands of years to be the ultimate flexible eaters—chasing carbohydrates and fats from plant and animal sources alike. A new study in the Journal of Archaeological ...

La Brújula Verde reports that an extensive genetic study of human remains found at the site of Shimao in Shaanxi Province is ...

A group of scientists are studying the Cyclades, an island group in Greece's Aegean Sea, looking for signs of early human ...

Plants have been part of our diet as long as meat has, with new evidence showing that Neanderthals, early Homo sapiens and ...

Today the deserts of the Arabian peninsula are inhospitable - but 100,000 years ago the area was full of animals and ancient humans ...

I ATTENDED a lecture on our prehistoric past and Spanish colonization by Grace Barretto-Tesoro of the University of the ...

The area around Boeslunde had already yielded 10 gold oath rings and approximately 2,200 gold spirals in previous excavations. Museum director and archaeologist Lone Claudi-Hansen explained their ...

New research shows early humans relied on many plant foods. They ground seeds, cooked roots, and used simple tools long ...

North Creek Shelter, located at the base of a sandstone cliff, was first occupied around 11,500 years ago. People living at the site ate Four Corners potatoes at least 10,000 years ago.(Courtesy Joel ...