Discover how ancient humans scaled up their food production to survive in harsh environments.

New research suggests that modern conditions may trace back to Neanderthal skull traits we share with our extinct cousins.

Neanderthals living in what is now Belgium made a kind of prehistoric Swiss Army Knife from the bones of a cave lion some 130 ...

Archaeologists have found evidence to suggest Neanderthals operated a sophisticated 'fat factory' to extract the fat content ...

An exciting discovery at a German archaeological location has given new insight into the eating habits of our Neanderthal ...

In this new series, Human, paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi reveals our incredible story across 300,000 years of human ...

Fat is a very valuable food component, packed with calories, especially important when other resources might be scarce. Our ...

This practice has been documented as far back as 28,000 years ago, but has not been confirmed at older sites, making ...

The predecessors of the Neanderthals likely split from the ancestors of modern humans at least 500,000 years ago, and spread out across Europe and into southwest and central Asia. The new study ...

Nord, Germany, systematically transported and processed the bones of at least 172 large mammals to extract nutrient-rich ...

India’s complex ancestry—intertwined with Iranian farmers, Steppe herders, and local hunter-gatherers—has now been decoded through genomic data from 2,762 people. The study uncovers surprising levels ...