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

As ancient communities shifted from foraging to farming, the forces driving this dramatic change weren’t always what many once believed. For decades, archaeologists and historians pointed to climate ...

Archaeologists have discovered what may be the earliest evidence of deliberate fire-making.

Scientists read ancient DNA from South African hunter gatherers and found a very early human branch that shaped survival ...

For decades, scientists have believed our ancestors took up farming some 12,000 years ago because it was a more efficient way of getting food. But a growing body of research suggests that wasn't the ...

Alfredo Cortell receives funding from the European Commission: MSCA-IF ArchBiMod project H-2020-MSCA-IF-2020 actions (Grant No. 101020631) and The Humboldt Foundation (Grant ID: 1235670). This work ...

Archaeologists in Britain say they've found the earliest evidence of humans making fires anywhere in the world. The discovery ...