Sabre-toothed tigers were among the most dangerous predators early humans ever faced. Their long canine teeth and powerful bodies were designed for killing large prey with precision and speed. This ...

Early humans and their ancestors did not always stand at the top of the food chain. Fossil evidence and environmental clues ...

Hunting is considered critical to human evolution by many researchers who believe that several characteristics that distinguish humans from our closest living relatives, the apes, may have partly ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo, Rice University (THE CONVERSATION) Almost 2 million years ...

Three experts assess the mindset and morality of lethal control​ and human responsibilities toward nonhuman animals​, and in doing so, they expose the "con" in conservation.

Almost 2 million years ago, a young ancient human died beside a spring near a lake in what is now Tanzania, in eastern Africa. After archaeologists uncovered his fossilized bones in 1960, they used ...