Our findings suggest that these ape-like, small-brained early hominins were eating mostly plants. There was little to no evidence of meat consumption. They may have snacked on the occasional egg or ...

Skeleton shows Mixodectes pungens lived in trees and primarily ate leaves during the Paleocene epoch, highlighting its unique ...

For decades, scientists have believed that meat-eating drove human evolution, particularly our enlarged brains.

Descended from more archaic relatives, the early true mammals were mainly small insect-eating creatures adapted to nighttime activity. They ranged in size from scarcely bigger than a bumblebee to ...

They’re not the tallest though, that’s the giraffe. These amazing mammals have long necks to help them eat the leaves at the top of the trees. They have fine hair on their bodies and short ...