Ancient humans living in Europe may have scooped out the brains of their dead enemies and eaten them, a new study suggests.

The groups maintained that human connection is crucial for early childhood development, especially in humanitarian settings, as it provides emotional and psychological support, helping children fe ...

"Early humans, more than 30,000 years ago, did not live in isolation from the animal world; they were integrated into a network of relationships with scavengers," says Baumann. From today's ...

Study shows early humans had plant-based diets Meat wasn’t a significant part of Australopithecus diet Research helps understand human dietary evolution ...

New research provides the first direct evidence that Australopithecus, an important early human ancestor that displayed a mix of ape-like and human-like traits, consumed very little or no meat ...

The debate about when our ancestors started eating meat has taken an unexpected turn. While we’ve long associated early human evolution with meat consumption, a recent study reveals that some of our ...

JOHANNESBURG — Breaking new ground in our understanding of early human diet and evolution, scientists have discovered that our ancient relatives may not have been the avid meat-eaters previously ...

Innovative climate modeling reveals the significant role of environmental shifts in early human evolution. Studies indicate how such changes dictated migration patterns in Europe and facilitated ...

The study, published in Nature Communications Earth & Environment, finds it was earlier than originally thought. "We reveal how early humans – known as hominins – were able to thrive under harsh ...

New research suggests modern humans aren’t the only hominin species capable of “ecological flexibility” Sarah Kuta Daily Correspondent Our early human ancestors might have been more ...

The tools, consisting of sharpened stone flakes, are believed to have been made by early hominins named Paranthropus, who are considered to be the first pre-human species to walk upright. This region ...

More than a million years ago, long before our species Homo sapiens emerged, early humans adapted to desert-like conditions. Kaplan was a co-author of the findings published Thursday in the ...