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

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

A new study challenges the age of a site in Chile, called Monte Verde, that's crucial to our understanding of how people got ...

The droppings contain DNA, he thought, and perhaps, even after rain washes them away, some DNA might remain. And if it does ...

New research that decoded the evolution of mosquitoes’ feeding habits from DNA could shed light on the murky timeline of ...

Mosquitoes haven’t always had a taste for human blood — partly because the tiny yet dangerous insects have been around a lot ...

A new study in Science challenges the Monte Verde timeline, reshaping when humans first reached South America.

New research challenges a key archaeological site in Chile, raising fresh questions about when humans first arrived in the ...

Animal-borne illnesses that infect humans, known as zoonotic viruses, require little to no evolution before jumping between ...

When we imagine prehistoric life, we often picture early humans living among every ancient creature that ever existed. In reality, many animals appeared long after early humans had disappeared or ...

Researchers revisited the 1970s discovery of ancient stone tools at Monte Verde—an iconic site in Chile that transformed our ...

Dogs and cats metabolize food very differently from humans. What may be harmless on your plate can overwhelm their organs, ...