Plants and the meat of mammoths, red deer and horses were a major part of the diet of anatomically modern humans who lived in what is now Crimea, Ukraine,...
In a new study published in the journal PLoS ONE, a team of U.S. researchers examined the diets of three different dolphin species (the common bottlenose...
A recent study led by University of Illinois researchers found that middle-aged adults with higher levels of lutein — a nutrient found in green leafy...
New research provides evidence contrary to the widely-held belief that the prehistoric population of Easter Island (Rapa Nui) caused an ecological disaster...
A team of archaeologists and anthropologists, led by the University of Utah, has discovered potato starch residues in the crevices of a 10,900-year-old...
In a study published this week in the Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, researchers from Temple University and the Sapienza University of...
An international team of researchers, led by the University of Surrey, UK, has identified a crucial link between metabolism and osteoarthritis.
Phenotypes...
Giant sloths, massive animals that lived in the Americas during the Ice Age, subsisted on an exclusively plant-based diet, according to an isotopic analysis...
In a study published recently in the journal PLOS Biology, neuroscientists identified three gut bacteria species — Acetobacter pomorum, Lactobacillus...
Primate brain size is predicted by diet, indicates new research from New York University. The findings, just reported in the journal Nature Ecology and...
A new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggests that substituting whole grains for refined grains increases calorie loss by...
In a study on eukaryotic and bacterial parasites, a duo of researchers at the University of Oxford has detected differences in DNA sequences that could...
A new study published in the Journal of Public Health has found eating plenty of fruits and vegetables, combined with regular exercise, leads to better...
Herbivorous, or plant-eating, mammals have bigger bellies than their usually slim carnivorous counterparts, according to a study led by University of Zurich...
Bitter root plant material found on teeth of Neanderthals suggests their complex diet may have included the stomach contents of hunted animals.
Reconstruction...
According to a new study led by the Warwick Medical School, people from low socio-economic positions in the United Kingdom eat more salt than the well...
