Early humans were not just scavengers. New research shows they actively butchered elephants, transforming survival and social ...
The earliest hominins in Europe shared their environment with large mammals and elephants were some of the largest animals ...
New research indicates that humans shaped their environments through hunting and controlled use of fire tens of thousands of ...
Learn how ancient shell mounds reveal that coastal communities in Brazil were hunting large whales thousands of years earlier ...
Study finds plant poison was used on ancient arrows, pointing to sophisticated hunting methods used 60,000 years ago ...
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, ...
Our prehistoric human ancestors relied on deliberately modified and sharpened stone tools as early as 3.3 million years ago.
Hunting is considered critical to human evolution by many researchers who believe that several characteristics that distinguish humans from our closest living relatives, the apes, may have partly ...