Farming didn t emerge in the Andes due to crisis or scarcity it was a savvy and resilient evolution. Ancient diets remained ...

In the Andes, the rise of agriculture to replace foraging was not the result of hardship and resource scarcity, but instead a ...

Long before ships sailed the oceans or factories hunted whales for oil, humans living near the Bay of Biscay were already ...

At the Pollentia site, archaeologists also found the remains of pigs, sheep, goat, fish and shellfish – showing how varied ...

Ancient ideas about diet were grounded in archaic theories about how the body worked. Most Greek and Roman doctors believed that all bodies existed on a spectrum of hot, cold, wet, and dry.

Fonio is a gluten-free, protein-rich ancient grain that supports blood sugar, digestion, and the planet—here’s why it’s ...

This work is an important step forward in ancient diet reconstruction, says Bernard Wood, a paleoanthropologist at The George Washington University.