Evidence indicates that early humans may have harnessed fire as far back as 1.8 million years ago — likely to keep predators at bay and to smoke meat in order to preserve it. Offering a rare glimpse ...

Preserved brains tend to look like normal brains, but they're often one-fifth of the typical size. Alexandra Morton-Hayward If they’re lucky, archaeologists find human bones or teeth that have been ...

Did prehistoric humans know that smoking meat could preserve it and extend its shelf life? Researchers from the Alkow Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures at Tel Aviv University ...

If you dig into an archaeological site - and who among us hasn't? - you may uncover ancient human teeth and bones. But scientists are also finding brains. Unlike skin, muscle and other soft tissue, ...

A new study has challenged previously held views that brain preservation in the archaeological record is extremely rare. The team compiled a new archive of preserved human brains, which highlighted ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

Aged meat fetches a premium, but the oldest meat ever eaten didn't sit in a humidity-controlled container. Instead, it was preserved for thousands of years.

A photograph authentically shows a corpse that had been preserved in Chile’s Atacama Desert since 5020 B.C.E. Remnants of hair, skin and clothing were still intact at the time the photo was taken.

Humans once had a way smaller footprint. "Homo Sapiens, modern humans, evolved in Africa," says Arev Sümer, a paleogenetics PhD student at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in ...