The ability of humans to use language is among the things that make them distinct from other animals, but scientists were not certain as to why and how this trait has evolved. A new study, however, ...

Nearly 3 million years ago, hominids employed stone tool kits to butcher hippos and pound plants along what’s now the shores of Kenya’s Lake Victoria, researchers say. Evidence of those food ...

MAKING THE CUT: Artisan butchers like Jimmy Lee, pictured here at Foothills Local Meats’ Black Mountain processing facility, have to cultivate in-depth knowledge of animal anatomy as well as a toolkit ...

Two and a half million years ago, our hominin ancestors in the African savanna crafted rocks into shards that could slice apart a dead gazelle, zebra or other game animal. Over the next 700,000 years, ...