The teeth of an Irishman who lived 4,000 years ago have given "unprecedented" insight into the evolution of the human diet. They were among skeletal remains excavated from a limestone cave at ...
It’s suppertime in the Amazon of lowland Bolivia, and Ana Cuata Maito is stirring a porridge of plantains and sweet manioc over a fire smoldering on the dirt floor of her thatched hut, listening ...
Our understanding of human ancestry has changed dramatically since the discovery of Lucy the ancient hominin 50 years ago.
The diet of the earliest hominins was probably ... Koobi Fora. Journal of Human Evolution 27, 173-195 (1994). Binford, L. R. Bones: Ancient Men and Modern Myths. Academic Press, New York (1981).
A further source of evidence for gene–culture co-evolution comes from anthropological ... include those related to recent changes in human diet and human-induced disease. The well-researched ...
Many primates have wisdom teeth to grind down their fibrous food, yet ours appear to be getting crowded out as the human jaw gets smaller with a soft diet. However sometimes evolution finds a good ...
It’s suppertime in the Amazon of lowland Bolivia, and Ana Cuata Maito is stirring a porridge of plantains and sweet manioc over a fire smoldering on the dirt floor of her thatched hut, listening ...
In pursuit of knowledge, the evolution of humanity ranks with the origins of life and the universe. And yet, except when an ...
His research on evolution and human nutrition was presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in February. When populations from traditional societies make the ...