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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.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaOct 1st, 2022

Stingray diet keeps great hammerhead sharks close to shore

New research from James Cook University shows great hammerhead sharks spend much of their time in the shallows of the Great Barrier Reef to feed on a bountiful supply of stingrays......»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsDec 8th, 2023

Study suggests climate played a crucial role in human migration from Africa

About 6 million years ago, in the deep forests of eastern Africa, something spectacular happened. Chimpanzees, our closest relative in the animal kingdom, evolved in one direction, while our earliest ancestors continued in another......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 8th, 2023

"Forever chemicals" found in freshwater fish, yet most states don"t warn residents

Bill Eisenman has always fished. "Growing up, we ate whatever we caught—catfish, carp, freshwater drum," he said. "That was the only real source of fish in our diet as a family, and we ate a lot of it.".....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 7th, 2023

Dynamic Island Diet: Calory app adds meal fasting feature with Live Activities and more

Funn Media makes some of our favorite health and fitness-focused apps, such as WaterMinder and Calory. The latter of those two has received a nice update this week that adds one of its most-requested user features: support for tracking fasts. mor.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsDec 5th, 2023

Early humans in the Paleolithic Age: More than just game on the menu

In a study published in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers from the Senckenberg Center for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment (SHEP) at the University of Tübingen show that early humans of the Middle Paleolithic had a more varied diet th.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 28th, 2023

Study finds amino acid supplementation prevents negative effects of low-protein diet on pig welfare

Pigs fed a low-protein diet can show more damaging behaviors, but this can be counteracted by supplementation of essential amino acids to their diet. This has been demonstrated in research from Wageningen University & Research. The outcome is importa.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 16th, 2023

No appetite for vegetarian diet to help the planet, finds study

Social media users believe reducing and eliminating meat intake is ineffective in addressing climate change and reported low willingness to engage in either action, according to a new study from La Trobe University......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 6th, 2023

Daily Telescope: The brilliant remains of a star that died 10,000 years ago

Our ancestors must have watched this in awe. Enlarge / Behold: The Veil Nebula. (credit: Zach1) Welcome to the Daily Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light; a little too muc.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsNov 3rd, 2023

Fruit, nectar, bugs and blood: How bat teeth and jaws evolved for a diverse dinnertime

They don't know it, but Darwin's finches changed the world. These closely related species—native to the Galapagos Islands—each sport a uniquely shaped beak that matches their preferred diet. Studying these birds helped Charles Darwin develop the.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 26th, 2023

Is your dog better or worse off on a cereal-free diet?

If there's one issue that has gripped the dog-loving community for the past few years, it's that of cereals in dog food, and in particular in the ingredients that make up kibbles......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 26th, 2023

Hera asteroid mission goes on trial

At some point, statistically speaking, a large asteroid will impact Earth. Whether that's tomorrow, in 10 years, or a problem for our ancestors, ESA is getting prepared......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 23rd, 2023

Back on the menu? Europeans once ate seaweed, research shows

Europeans now rarely eat seaweed, but it was an important part of their diet until the late Middle Ages, archaeologists said Tuesday, calling for the eco-friendly aquatic plant to be put back on the menu......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 22nd, 2023

Study of modern salamanders provides clues to the feeding behavior of early terrestrial vertebrates

Since the work of Charles Darwin, it is relatively clear from an evolutionary perspective where we come from: aquatic ancestors gave rise to terrestrial vertebrates, from among which humans developed......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 18th, 2023

Study reveals our European ancestors ate seaweed and freshwater plants

For many people seaweed holds a reputation as a superfood, heralded for its health benefits and sustainability, but it appears our European ancestors were ahead of the game and were consuming the nutrient-rich plant for thousands of years......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 17th, 2023

In Colombian jungle, digging up the Americas" colonial past

With brushes and trowels, Indigenous Colombians are unearthing traces in the jungle of a tragic period in history, when their ancestors were violently supplanted by colonists from Spain......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 11th, 2023

Discovery of half-million-year-old wooden structure shows we"re wrong to underestimate our ancient relatives

To most people, complex technologies separate modern humans from their ancestors who lived in the Stone Age, thousands or hundreds of thousands of years ago. In today's fast changing world, older technologies, even those from a few years ago, are oft.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 9th, 2023

Further evidence points to footprints in New Mexico being the oldest sign of humans in Americas

New research confirms that fossil human footprints in New Mexico are likely the oldest direct evidence of human presence in the Americas, a finding that upends what many archaeologists thought they knew about when our ancestors arrived in the New Wor.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 5th, 2023

Feather-tailed possums in New Guinea were originally Aussies, according to fossil study

Analysis of Riversleigh fossils has revealed fascinating new facts about a tiny possum's ancestors. Scientists have long known that the miniature feather-tailed possums in Australia and the island of New Guinea—members of the marsupial family Acrob.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 5th, 2023

New study shows signs of early creation of modern human identities

Early ancestors collected eye-catching shells that radically changed the way we looked at ourselves and others. A new study confirms previous scant evidence and supports a multistep evolutionary scenario for the culturalization of the human body......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 4th, 2023

Understanding the single cell proteome in the context of surrounding tissue

Similar to humans and animals, which adapt their diet or behavior to given environmental conditions, the function and protein composition of single cells also depends on which resources are available in their immediate environment......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 3rd, 2023