A new study from a 7,000-year-old settlement in North Macedonia reveals evidence that ancient peoples near the Mediterranean ...

Italians began exploring a varied diet sometime between the 7th and 6th centuries BC, according to a new analysis of ancient teeth from Iron Age Italians. Unravelling details about the lifestyles of ...

The health benefits of a Mediterranean diet high in fat and fibre are well touted – but new research suggests looking further north for culinary inspiration could be just as beneficial. Swedish ...

Metabolism quietly governs every living body. It shapes how organisms grow, reproduce, heal, and age. Because metabolism links closely to body size, temperature, and diet, it also sets limits on how ...

Study of tooth enamel reveals that the Sumerians did not eat fish despite living by the sea, challenging what we thought ...

In a recent study published in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers reconstructed historical dietary habits using proteomic and stable isotope analyses. Paleodietary studies can reconstruct the ...

Amino acids have been discovered in 48-million-year-old fossil teeth, revealing new insights into ancient life and evolution ...

For decades, archaeologists have relied on chemical signatures locked inside ancient bones to reconstruct what people once ate. But those techniques have a blind spot: foods consumed occasionally or ...

Humans might be plagued by wisdom teeth problems today because our ancestors shifted from a hunter-gatherer lifestyle to a soft modern diet, new research finds. Scientists are increasingly analyzing ...

A study published in Science Advances and led by the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, uncovers how flexibility made the difference between survival and extinction. By analyzing fossil teeth ...

The Mediterranean diet traces its roots back to the ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean Basin, a region often referred to as “the cradle of society.” Spanning three continents – Europe, Asia, ...

Researchers analyze the ratios of calcium isotopes in bones and fossils to learn more about what dinosaurs once ate. Credit: ...