(Natural News) Medieval fecal samples from Israel and Latvia could provide crucial insights into how gut diseases developed, suggests a recent study published in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. The samples were recovered from two latrines located in the capital cities of Jerusalem and Riga, which date back to between the 14th and […]

(Natural News) An ancient set of tools made by early modern humans were used much like a spear-thrower and a bow and arrow. This, according to a recent study published in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution, gave them a distinct advantage compared to Neanderthals. Researchers from Italy and Japan examined how the pieces were used by modern […]

(Natural News) More than 10,000 years ago, human settlers started populating the region that eventually became Scandinavia. Researchers at Stockholm University (Stockholm), the University of Oslo (UiO), and their partners have recently discovered that the ancient Scandinavians kept their teeth clean and healthy by collecting bark tar from birch trees and used the plant-based material as chewing gum. Once […]

(Natural News) Humans wordlessly communicate with others by moving their eyebrows and other facial features in unique ways. A study suggests that the heavy use of non-verbal communication might have influenced the evolution of human faces to grow softer and more malleable over time. The softer the face, the easier it is to move its […]

(Natural News) A recent study in the online journal PNAS has debunked a previously known fact about Neanderthals. The report revealed that the archaic human species did not have hunched backs; instead, they stood upright just like modern humans. The posture of Neanderthals was similar to modern humans For the past years, scientific data on the […]

(Natural News) An excavation site in Jiaojia village in eastern China’s Shandong province near Jinan City, which had been known to be around 5,000 years old, was recently discovered to house men who were considered “giants” by ancient (5,000 years ago) standards. The corpses, which came from the Longshan culture during the late Neolithic civilization […]