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 ...

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 ...

Footprints dating back 800,000 years have been uncovered on a beach in Norfolk, England, offering one of the oldest direct records of early human presence in northern Europe. Discovered at Happisburgh ...

The human genome is a rich, complex record of migration, encounters, and inheritance written over thousands of millennia. Genomic research by members of Sarah Tishkoff's lab at the University of ...

Traditional Chinese cured pork presented in a pile. - kungfu01/Shutterstock Imagine getting invited to a dinner party and finding out that the food being served is preserved meat? Sure, this doesn't ...