Micronutrients, minerals that are part of the human diet in small amounts, may have influenced human evolution more than ...

I: INTRODUCTION: Early hominin diets: overview and historical perspective / Alan Walker -- Whose diet? : an introduction to the hominin fossil record / Amanda G. Henry and Bernard Wood -- II: THE ...

Recent fossil discoveries lend credence to the fascinating proposition that non-human species may have coexisted alongside ...

Micronutrients, vitamins and minerals that are part of the human diet in small amounts, may have influenced human evolution ...

A timeless question has always fascinated scientists who study the past. Which comes first, the new behavior or the physical tool that perfects it? Do you change how you live and then evolve the body ...

A global study shows human DNA adapted to local minerals like zinc, iodine, and magnesium, shaped by diet and soil.

It’s suppertime in the Amazon of lowland Bolivia, and Ana Cuata Maito is stirring a porridge of plantains and sweet manioc over a fire smoldering on the dirt floor of her thatched hut, listening for ...

Menopause has been observed in a population of wild chimpanzees for the first time, challenging long-held beliefs about the evolution of post-reproductive survival in humans. The discovery, published ...

As early humans migrated from lush African forests to open grasslands, they needed new, reliable energy sources. This shift spurred a taste for grassy plants – especially grains – and for starchy ...

Imagine if we asked you to go into the countryside for an extended period of time and the only requirement was that at night you had to sleep in a tree. You would be free to roam about and to forage ...