Articles for tag: ancient humans, Anthropology, human evolution, Paleo Diet Research

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Scientists Are Uncovering the Secrets of Our Ancestors’ Diets and Health

Suhail Ahmed

  Not long ago, the average person’s image of ancient life was simple: hard work, short lives, and meals that were little more than survival rations. Today, that picture is being quietly rewritten in labs and excavation sites around the world. Using tools that can read the chemistry of bones, teeth, and even fossilized plaque, ...

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Could Humans Have Shared the Planet With Another Intelligent Species?

Suhail Ahmed

  The deeper we dig into caves and genomes, the more a startling picture comes into focus: our ancestors did not walk a lonely road. Instead, they moved through landscapes already occupied by other kinds of humans, some robust and cold-adapted, others mysterious and island-sized. Fossils were the first whispers, but DNA turned those whispers ...