Plants have been part of our diet as long as meat has, with new evidence showing that Neanderthals, early Homo sapiens and ...

Archaeological research once again dispells the widespread belief that our Paleolithic ancestors were primarily meat-eaters, ...

If you’re on the “paleo diet,” you’ve probably been avoiding wheat and potatoes, but a new study published last week ...

New research reveals early humans ate processed plant foods, challenging long-held beliefs behind the Paleo Diet.

Humans evolved over hundreds of thousands of years to be the ultimate flexible eaters—chasing carbohydrates and fats from plant and animal sources alike. A new study in the Journal of Archaeological ...

There were as many types of Paleo diets as there were human populations back then, an expert said. The popular Paleo diet is based on the belief that we are better off eating like our ancestors by ...

What did people in the Stone Age eat before the advent of farming around 10,000 years ago? A long-held stereotype — one that’s influenced modern fad diets — is that ancient humans hunted large animals ...

We humans can’t stop playing with our food. Just think of all the different ways of serving potatoes—entire books have been written about potato recipes alone. The restaurant industry was born from ...

Humans are resilient and flexible in their diet habits,” Moubtahij said. The work undermines the idea that a Stone Age diet was meat heavy — a rigid assumption perpetuated by present-day dietary ...