Early humans were not just scavengers. New research shows they actively butchered elephants, transforming survival and social ...

Study finds plant poison was used on ancient arrows, pointing to sophisticated hunting methods used 60,000 years ago ...

New research indicates that humans shaped their environments through hunting and controlled use of fire tens of thousands of ...

Scientists examining traces left behind by early humans continue to find evidence that refuses to stay neatly in place. New ...

Learn how ancient shell mounds reveal that coastal communities in Brazil were hunting large whales thousands of years earlier ...

Animals that evolved in warm, tropical climes rarely decide to move to cold, snowy ones. Take any creature from the African grassland and drop it in Austria during an Ice Age, and the poor creature ...

This discovery represents the oldest direct evidence of arrow poison used by ancient humans for hunting. Archaeologists from ...

The hunting and gathering activities of early humans required a high-calorie diet consisting of a variety of macronutrients—protein, carbohydrates, and fat. While hunting big-game animals—like deer, ...