New research shows that ancient humans, Australopithecus, had a plant-based diet, challenging long-held meat-eating theories.

In the quiet cliffs of Stevns, Denmark, a 79-year-old amateur fossil hunter split open a piece of chalk last November and ...

Ancient Humans Had a ‘Herbivorous’ Diet, Nitrogen in Fossils Revealed a Lack of Meat Consumption Recent examinations imply ...

Two underwater sea lilies were eaten and regurgitated around 66 million years ago. They were preserved as fossilized vomit.

This conclusion comes from the first direct evidence of the diet of these ancient people. Researchers analysed the diet of a woman who lived 12,800 years ago, using chemical clues found in the ...

It’s suppertime in the Amazon of lowland Bolivia, and Ana Cuata Maito is stirring a porridge of plantains and sweet manioc over a fire smoldering on the dirt floor of her thatched hut, listening ...

Long before humans acquired an appetite for meat, one of our earliest hominin ancestors — Australopithecus — stuck to a vegetarian diet. The ancient hominin, living in eastern and southern Africa ...

A new study has shed light on the prehistoric Greek diet of the people living in Franchthi Cave, one of Greece’s most important archaeological sites. Researchers discovered that early inhabitants ...

This finding comes from the first direct proof what these ancient people ate. Researchers analysed the diet of a woman who lived 12,800 years ago. They used chemical clues found in the bones of ...

JOHANNESBURG — Breaking new ground in our understanding of early human diet and evolution, scientists have discovered that our ancient relatives may not have been the avid meat-eaters previously ...

Experts say it could offer clues about the diets of sea predators in the Cretaceous period. “Somebody living on the seafloor preyed on the crinoids, ate whatever it could from them, then ...