If your heritage is non-African, you are part Neanderthal, according to a new study.

Cooked meat delivers more energy than raw and the way it's prepared (to pound or not to pound) also makes a difference in how it's digested.

Our ancestors in central Africa 3.5 million years ago ate mostly tropical grasses -- only later did we develop a taste for meat.

Turkey is the star food of this week, but tofu-eaters could have a better night after dinner.

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The latest new human, Homo gautengensis, may be the earliest recognized species in our genus, but remains of even older humans and proto-humans await analysis.

Your ancestors probably had sex with Neanderthals -- which makes you part-Neanderthal. Now get over it.

The human hand evolved not only to favor dexterity -- but also so humans could throw a solid punch.