Intelligence is an energetically expensive luxury. And a new study in Science shows meat has never been the main fuel source ...

Combining archaeological evidence with ancient DNA and data on past climates shows us how long and winding the story of human ...

Humans have big brains, and those brains come with a big appetite for energy. The focus on what fueled the evolution of our massive noggins has centered on protein from meat, but a new analytical ...

Miller, it was “a light bulb moment.” Fruit is full of sugar, and our brain relies on glucose, a sugar, as its primary energy source. Now, in a new analysis published in Science on ...

The way Lucy has been depicted in newspapers, textbooks and museums shows how today’s cultural norms influence perceptions of ...

This is an extract from Our Human Story, our newsletter about the revolution in archaeology. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every month. As someone who writes a lot about human evolution and ...

A new analysis suggests the evolution of human body size was marked by a major turning point rather than gradual growth. Credit: Shutterstock Human body size evolution was shaped by both gradual ...