(Natural News) Humans aren’t the only ones who mourn for their departed loved ones. A recent study showed that eastern gorillas also held funerals for their dead, even if the late animal wasn’t directly related to their band. These grim routines included healthy animals touching and licking the corpse. Experts worried that Ebola and other […]

(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) “Back to the basics” is a buzzword phrase that’s been getting a lot of traction these days, especially when it comes to eating habits. Those who lived in ancient times, of course, did not eat processed food, and they lived off what they could grow (or hunt). For those interested in understanding what […]

(Natural News) At least one species of monkey seems to understand that low-frequency sounds travel much further than high-pitched ones. Whenever a Geoffroy’s spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi) gets separated from its group, the animal deliberately reduces the pitch of its calls. By lowering the frequency of its voice, the isolated monkey makes itself heard over […]

(Natural News) A fascinating new study has shed light on one aspect of human behavior that doesn’t tend to get a lot of attention, and that is the delight that some people take in seeing people get punished for antisocial behavior – even if they are normally opposed to seeing people suffer. In fact, the […]

(Natural News) Did you know that all of us have ancestors from Africa? This means all Americans are technically “African-Americans” according to human history. Thus, the silly distinction of skin color-based racial animosity has no basis in reality. It’s as pointless as judging people based on the color of their eyes, or the color of […]

(Natural News) Scientists have recently discovered an ancient tribe that ritually poisons its own food. Dubbed the “Suicide Tribe,” this shocking anthropological discovery is sending shockwaves across the scientific establishment. “We’ve never witnessed such self-destructive behaviors in human societies before,” said Dr. Eugene Navarovski from the Technical Institute of Ancient People, who led the research. […]

(Natural News) We often take care of our oral health to make sure that our breath stays fresh, but did you know that dental X-rays can be used to determine vitamin D deficiencies (rickets)? While this is a grave health concern that often goes undiagnosed, Lori D’Ortenzio and Megan Brickley, anthropologists from McMaster University, have revealed that it […]

(Natural News) Facebook has been around for more than a decade now and more than 100 million people worldwide actively use the social media platform. However, more and more people are expressing their concerns regarding the rise of social media usage and how it apparently displaces the global population’s capacity to socialize naturally, and decreases our […]

(Natural News) Australian researchers have recently discovered five species of giant birds, towering as tall as kangaroos, that once roamed the continent. As part of research, a team of paleontologists from Flinders University in South Australia examined megapode fossils from Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia and Western Australia and concurred that the specimens belong to […]