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This Ancient Diet Goes Against Everything We Know About Early Humans

Thousands of years before agriculture, one group of people was eating a lot of plants.

By Elana Spivack
Health

Could A Bizarre Sleep Routine Practiced By Early Humans Be Key To A Good Night’s Rest?

Intermittent sleep may seem like a good way to boost productivity. Here’s what sleep researchers think.

By Elana Spivack
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Ancient bacteria reveals the critical food early humans ate

Mineralized dental plaque preserved ancient microbial information.

By Kaitlin Sullivan
Science

Ancient art: 7 ways early humans saw their world

By Robin Bea
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Ancient stone tools found in India tell an inspiring story about early humans

We were not meant to survive this.

By Sarah Sloat
Ancient Love

Early humans in Africa may have mated with a mysterious species

New research opens the door to an ancient world.

By George Busby
Science

Were early humans the first victims of the sixth mass extinction?

Here's what we know.

By Nick Longrich
Science

Slaughtered Rhino Suggests Ancient Humans Traveled in the Pleistocene Age

We were off by 600,000 years. 

By Mary von Aue
Science

Ancient Humans Knew Incest Was Gross and Built a Safety Net

They put Game of Thrones characters to shame.

By Sarah Sloat
Science

Early Humans Were Cannibals, But Not Because They Were Hungry

By Sarah Sloat