Being a couch potato is not the reason for obesity. A new global study has challenged the long-held belief that physical ...

Ancient Iranians hosted epic feasts with wild boars that had been hunted and transported from distant regions. These animals weren’t just dinner—they were symbolic gifts. Tooth enamel analysis ...

A study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), reveals that diet — not declining physical activity — is the key driver of rising obesity rates in economically ...

A newly released study from Duke University's Pontzer Lab, housed in the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology in Trinity ...

Margo Lakin, Duke University Trinity College of Arts & Sciences CommunicationsA newly released study from Duke University's Pontzer Lab , housed ...

The hominins who lived at Gantangqing lived a heavily plant-based subsistence lifestyle. They had access to meat, and also ...

Blending livelihood strategies based on what works at different times in specific environments has been key to human survival for thousands of years.

While many experts have offered that rising obesity rates are due to declining physical activity as societies become more industrialized, new research shows that people in wealthier countries expend ...

A spearhead believed to be from the last ice-age period has been uncovered on a family farm in Paris, Ont., an artifact that ...

When Mike and Laura Vellenga were working on their family farm in Paris, Ont., the last thing they expected to find was what ...

So what changed? Experts say the answer isn’t simple but point to one possible culprit: our diets. As we traded raw, tough ...

A crackdown on illegal cattle herds inside the Arariboia Indigenous Territory in Brazil has hit unexpected pushback that ...