Our ancestors ate a Paleo diet. It had carbs
Modern hunter-gatherers offer insight into how our distant ancestors ate. Enlarge / A young Hadza bushman making an arrow for a hunting bow. (credit: chuvipro via Getty Images) What did people eat for dinner tens of thousands.....»»
Surprise! Ötzi the Iceman was bald and had darker skin than presumed
Ötzi’s ancestors were early Anatolian farmers, not Steppe Herders as previously believed. Enlarge / Study reveals that compared to other contemporary Europeans, Ötzi’s genome had an unusually high proportion of genes in com.....»»
FTX founder Bankman-Fried living on bread and water, lawyer says
A vegan diet requested by Sam Bankman-Fried is not being provided in prison, a judge was told......»»
Whale shark health relies on habitat, diet—and the right mix of microbes
Loss of habitat and human activities such as fishing and shipping pose a grave threat to wildlife but diseases driven by the smallest organisms in the ocean are a less understood side of marine conservation......»»
Genetic study of 3rd- to 16th-century people living on Canary Islands provide North African history clues
A team of paleo-geneticists at Universidad de La Laguna on Santa Cruz de Tenerife, working with colleagues from other Canary Islands and European institutes, has found that studying the genes of people living in the Canary Islands from the 3rd to the.....»»
Elephant ancestors" teeth evolved in response to long term changes in diet and climate in Africa
The latest study about of proboscideans (elephants and their ancient relatives) from the University of Helsinki provides proof that some proboscideans started to adapt to locally grass-rich environments in East Africa first by changing their behavior.....»»
Study identifies characteristics specific to human brains
Researchers led by a team at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified cellular and molecular features of the brain that set modern humans apart from their closest primate relatives and ancient human ancestors. The findings, published in Nature,.....»»
Common ancestors of bats were omnivorous, according to resurrection of ancestral sweet receptors
The origins of powered flight and laryngeal echolocation in bats are widely cited as evidence that ancestral bats evolved as insectivores. Moreover, others have hypothesis that suggesting early bats were diurnal herbivores and that insectivory emerge.....»»
Sea level rise shifts habitat for endangered Florida Keys species
The silver rice rat, an endangered species endemic to the Florida Keys, makes its home as close to the shoreline as possible for easy access to its low-tide marine species diet......»»
Evidence the oral stories of Australia"s First Nations might be 10,000 years old
In 1970, Lardil man Goobalathaldin (or Dick Roughsey) completed his autobiography "Moon and Rainbow" in which he recounted his ancestors' stories. Among them was a story telling of a time when the North Wellesley Islands were connected to the Austral.....»»
Vegan diet has just 30% of the environmental impact of a high-meat diet, major study finds
We know that meat has a substantial impact on the planet, and that plant-based diets are more environmentally sustainable. But exactly how much impact does the food we eat have on environmental outcomes and what difference would following a vegan die.....»»
Drawing in the sand at the beach? Our ancestors did the same 140,000 years ago
The urge to draw images in sand, or create sand sculptures, seems to be irresistible, as a walk on many a modern beach or dune surface will show. Sand is a vast canvas—and may have been used as one for far longer than people realize......»»
A Meatless Diet Is Better for You--And the Planet
Vegetarian and especially vegan diets can promote better health, help mitigate climate change and reduce inhumane factory farming.....»»
Aspartame and cancer: Why you really shouldn’t worry about this
The FDA said bluntly that it disagrees with the WHO's carcinogen classification. Enlarge / Bottles of Diet Coke, which contains aspartame. The World Health Organization's cancer agency released an anticipated assessme.....»»
How fish evolved their bony, scaly armor
About 350 million years ago, your evolutionary ancestors—and the ancestors of all modern vertebrates—were merely soft-bodied animals living in the oceans. In order to survive and evolve to become what we are today, these animals needed to gain so.....»»
American mink regrow their brains in a rare reversal of the domestication process
Farm animals look different from their wild counterparts in many ways, and one difference is consistent: their brains are smaller than those of their ancestors. From sheep to pigs to cows, domesticated animals have smaller relative brain sizes compar.....»»
Researcher investigates undocumented prehistoric languages through irregularities in current languages
Language can be a time machine—we can learn from ancient texts how our ancestors interacted with the world around them. But can language also teach us something about people whose language has been lost? Ph.D. candidate Anthony Jakob investigated w.....»»
Early Human Ancestors Ate Each Other for Food, Fossil Leg Bone Suggests
A fossilized hominin leg shows gashes that were probably made by stone tools.....»»
Humans" ancestors survived the asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs, shows fossil record analysis
A Cretaceous origin for placental mammals, the group that includes humans, dogs and bats, has been revealed by in-depth analysis of the fossil record, showing they co-existed with dinosaurs for a short time before the dinosaurs went extinct......»»
Behold the likely face of a 7th-century Anglo-Saxon teenage girl
Isotropic analysis revealed her diet and likely migration from southern Germany to England. Enlarge / (left) Skull of teenage girl from 7th century CE. (right) Facial reconstruction as she might have looked in life. (credit: Univ.....»»
A new species of early toothed whale helps us understand the history of modern dolphins
Have you ever wondered what the earliest ancestors of today's dolphins looked like? Then look no further, meet Olympicetus thalassodon, a new species of early odontocete, or toothed whale, that swam along the North Pacific coastline around 28 million.....»»