Among our closest living relatives — the great apes — we humans are unique: We have larger brains, reproduce more quickly and have longer life spans. These traits are obviously valuable, but the extra ...

Humans afford the high energetic costs of human life not through energy-saving adaptations – such as bipedalism or sophisticated tool use, both of which decrease the energy required to obtain food – ...

This study is undertaken by the research teams led by Prof. Hu Yaowu from the Department of Cultural Heritage and Museology ...

Using advanced geospatial modeling to compare environmental and archaeological evidence, researchers found evidence that connects ancient mobility and subsistence strategies to cultural connections ...

Northern China is among the first centers in the world where agriculture developed, but its genetic history remains largely unknown. Researchers have now analyzed 55 ancient genomes from China, ...

Gingerich, Joseph A. M. and Kitchel, Nathaniel. 2014. "Early Paleoindian subsistence strategies in eastern North America: A continuation of the Clovis tradition? Or evidence of regional adaptations?" ...

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