The tiny black seeds have a hot, wasabi-like flavor, but they have negligible nutritional value. So the only reason they would end up in a Stone Age crockpot is for taste and flavor, Saul says.

A new study has shown that as early as the Stone Age, people in Africa traveled long distances to procure colorful stone, the raw material for the manufacture of tools.

Some dangerous microorganisms spread through kissing and eating contaminated food were found in remains of Stone Age individuals uncovered in present day Scandinavia.

International research team from the University of Tübingen and the Senckenberg Nature Research Society finds early humans in ...

In Sanliurfa, the Silk Road Meets the Stone Age The city in southeastern Turkey resounds with music, food and culture — and echoes with more than 11,000 years of human history. Share full article 54 ...

Was Stone Age Scandinavia Struck by Plague? New research by geneticists hints at the deadly work of Yersinia pestis 5,000 years ago.

The Stone Age equivalent of a food processor could have triggered the most momentous changes in human evolution, allowing a plant-eating ape with a big jaw and small brain to become a large ...

Researchers have found evidence of the oldest known use of cosmetics based on a mineral at an archaeological site in modern Slovenia.

The Stone Age chefs likely boiled carp roe eggs in water or fish broth Anna Shevchenko et al. Protein analysis of ancient food particles found clinging to ceramic pots at the Friesack 4 ...

Stone age pantry: Archaeologist unearths earliest evidence of modern humans using wild grains and tubers for food Date: December 18, 2009 Source: University of Calgary Summary: The consumption of ...

Prehistoric ancestors ate a rich variety of plant-based foods during the Stone Age, say scientists who discovered a collection of 780,000-year-old edible plants in Israel.

The tiny black seeds have a hot, wasabi-like flavor, but they have negligible nutritional value. So the only reason they would end up in a Stone Age crockpot is for taste and flavor, Saul says. In ...