A new study has shown that as early as the Stone Age, people in Africa traveled long distances to procure colorful stone, the ...

Many people assume obesity is caused by inactivity and burning fewer calories. But our diets — and excess calorie intake — ...

Archaeologists have long thought that monumental architecture—large, human-built structures that emphasize visibility—were ...

When hunter-gatherers began living close to animals, the pathogens that cause the plague and leprosy got closer too.

The detailed reconstruction brings the prehistoric hunter-gatherer to life, revealing an intriguing set of features.

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Fisher-hunter-gatherers in the middle archaic period in Louisiana have built a large enclosure containing 11 earthen mounds ...

International research team from the University of Tübingen and the Senckenberg Nature Research Society finds early humans in ...

Quite suddenly and for no apparent reason, if there is one thing we have more of than traffic cones in Northwest Arkansas, it ...

The study found that people in developed nations who are more sedentary burn similar amounts of calories to people in ...

The detailed reconstruction brings the prehistoric hunter-gatherer to life, revealing an intriguing set of features.