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  “The Red Lady Of El Mirón”. Lower Magdalenian Life And Death In Oldest Dryas1 Cantabrian Spain An Overview

  Scientists studied the 18,700-year-old burial of a healthy woman in Spain to understand how ancient hunter-gatherers lived, ate, and survived in harsh Ice Age conditions.

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  3.3 Million Years Of Stone Tool Complexity Suggests That Cumulative Culture Began During The Middle Pleistocene

  Researchers found that human ancestors' stone tools remained simple for millions of years, then suddenly became complex around 600,000 years ago, marking when humans began building knowledge across generations.

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  A Bioenergetic Approach Favors The Preservation And Protection Of Prey, Not Cooking, As The Drivers Of Early Fire

  New research suggests early humans first used fire to preserve meat and protect themselves from predators, not for cooking food.

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  A Limited Protein High Fat Diet May Explain The Low δ66Zn Conundrum In The Neandertal From Gabasa

  Researchers found that Neanderthals likely ate a high-fat, moderate-protein diet similar to modern ketogenic diets, which may offer insights into human metabolic adaptation.

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  A Neandertal Dietary Conundrum Insights Provided By Tooth Enamel Zn Isotopes From Gabasa, Spain

  Scientists analyzed ancient Neanderthal teeth and found evidence that our extinct human relatives were dedicated meat-eaters with unusually high levels of certain chemical markers.

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  A Paleogenomic Reconstruction Of The Deep Populati

  Scientists studied ancient DNA from 89 people over 9,000 years to map how populations moved and mixed in the Andes mountains, revealing patterns of genetic stability and migration.

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  A Role For Suppressed Incisor Cuspal Morphogenesis In The Evolution Of Mammalian Heterodont Dentition

  Scientists discovered how mammalian teeth evolved their different shapes by studying a gene that controls whether teeth develop as simple incisors or complex molars with multiple cusps.

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  A Study Of The Blood Lipoids And Blood Protein In Canadian Eastern Arctic Eskimos

  This 1937 study examined blood fats and proteins in Canadian Arctic Inuit people to understand how their traditional high-fat diet affected their metabolism.

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  A Unique Hominin Menu Dated To 1.95 Million Years Ago

  Scientists discovered that our early human ancestors ate a diverse diet including fish, turtles, and small animals 1.95 million years ago, not just large mammals.

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  A Unique Hominin Menu Dated To 1.95 Million Years Ago Copy

  New archaeological evidence shows our human ancestors 1.95 million years ago ate a surprisingly diverse diet including fish, turtles, and other aquatic animals, not just large land mammals.

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  About Gladiators And A Sacred Disease

  This journal issue explores various cutting-edge medical treatments including the ketogenic diet for epilepsy and gut microbiome transplants for brain health.

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  Aging Body Composition And Lifestyle The 1999 The American Journal Of Cl

  This study found that staying physically active helps preserve muscle mass and reduce body fat as we age, with especially strong benefits for postmenopausal women.

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  An Unshakable Middle Paleolithic Trends Versus Conservatism In The Predatory Niche And Their Social Ramifications

  Ancient humans 200,000 years ago had remarkably stable hunting and eating patterns focused on large game animals that remained unchanged for thousands of generations.

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  Animal Protein Intake Is Inversely Associated With Mortality In Older Adults The InCHIANTI Study

  A 20-year study of older Italian adults found that eating more animal protein was linked to lower risk of death, challenging previous research favoring plant proteins.

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  Anserine Carnosine Supplementation Suppresses The Expression Of The Inflammatory Chemokine CCL24 In Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells From Elderly People

  A supplement combining two amino acids, anserine and carnosine, helped reduce inflammation markers and preserve memory in older adults over three months.

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  Archaeological Evidence For Two Separate Dispersals Of Neanderthals Into Southern Siberia

  Archaeological evidence reveals that Neanderthals migrated to southern Siberia in at least two separate waves, with the later group originating from eastern Europe around 59,000-49,000 years ago.

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  Big Brains, Meat, Tuberculosis, And The Nicotinamide Switches Co Evolutionary Relationships With Modern Repercussions

  This research explores how eating meat provided essential nutrients that may have been crucial for human brain development throughout evolution.

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  Blood Biomarker Profiles And Exceptional Longevity Comparison Of Centenarians And Non‑centenarians In A 35‑year Follow‑up Of The Swedish AMORIS Cohort

  Swedish researchers found that people who lived to 100 had better blood test values for cholesterol, blood sugar, and organ function starting from age 65.

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  Blood Biomarker Profiles And Longevity

  Researchers found that people who lived to 100 had healthier blood test results decades earlier, suggesting certain biomarkers may predict exceptional longevity.

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  BLOOD, BULBS, AND BUNODONTS ON EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY AND THE DIETS OF ARDIPITHECUS, AUSTRALOPITHECUS, AND EARLY HOMO

  Scientists studied what our early human ancestors ate and found they likely had varied diets rather than relying on just meat or just plants.

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  Bronze Age Population Dynamics And The Rise Of Dairy Pastoralism On The Eastern Eurasian Steppe

  Researchers studied ancient DNA from Mongolia to understand how dairy farming spread and shaped human genetics over thousands of years.

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  Can Older Patients Adopt And Maintain A Ketogenic Diet An Observational Study In Support Of Clinical Trials In Older Patients

  A study of 200 patients over age 65 found that most could successfully follow a ketogenic diet and saw benefits for weight loss, diabetes control, and potentially cancer outcomes.

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  Carnivore Hypothesis Revisited

  This research explores how eating mostly meat during human evolution may have led to insulin resistance genes that now contribute to diabetes risk in modern high-carb diets.

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  Cell Metabolism Perspective Fasting, Circadian Rhythms, And Time Restricted Feeding In Healthy Lifespan

  Research shows that fasting periods and eating only during certain hours of the day can trigger beneficial metabolic changes that may help prevent disease and promote healthy aging.

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  Chemical Profiling Of Ancient Hearths Reveals Recurrent Salmon Use In Ice Age Beringia

  Scientists analyzed ancient cooking fires from 13,000 years ago and discovered that early humans in Alaska regularly ate salmon, showing fish was more important in prehistoric diets than previously known.

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  Chimpanzee Super Strength And Human Skeletal Muscle Evolution

  Scientists discovered that chimpanzees are about 1.35 times stronger than humans because their muscles contain more fast-twitch fibers, not because individual muscle fibers are stronger.

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  Circulating Glycotoxins And Dietary Advanced Glycation Endproducts Two Links To Inflammatory Response, Oxidative Stress, And Aging

  This study found that eating foods high in advanced glycation end products (AGEs) - compounds formed when foods are cooked at high heat - increases inflammation and aging-related damage in the body.

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  Climate Human Interaction Associated With Southeast Australian Megafauna Extinction Patterns

  Researchers found that ancient climate changes and early human settlements together caused the extinction of large animals in Australia around 50,000 years ago.

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  Climate, Environment And Early Human Innovation Stable Isotope And Faunal Proxy Evidence From Archaeological Sites (98 59ka) In The Southern Cape, South Africa

  Ancient human innovations like toolmaking weren't directly caused by climate changes, according to new evidence from South African archaeological sites dating back 98,000 years.

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  Combined Dental Wear And Cementum Analyses In Ungulates Reveal The Seasonality Of Neanderthal Occupations In Covalejos Cave (Northern Iberia)

  Researchers analyzed ancient animal teeth to discover when Neanderthals hunted and lived in Spanish caves, revealing seasonal patterns of early human behavior.

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  Conjugated Linoleic Acid Historical Context And Implications

  Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), a beneficial fat found naturally in grass-fed meat and dairy, shows promise for fighting cancer and inflammation but human studies show mixed results.

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  Deep Coalescent History Of The Hominin Lineage

  Researchers used genetic analysis to trace human population changes back 5-7 million years, revealing insights about early human evolution that could inform our understanding of longevity.

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  DHEAS And Human Development An Evolutionary Perspective

  This research explores how DHEAS, a hormone produced by the adrenal glands, may have played a crucial role in human brain evolution and childhood development between ages 4-12.

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  Dietary Habits, Anthropometric Features And Daily Performance In Two Independent Long Lived Populations From Nicoya Peninsula (Costa Rica) And Ogliastra (Sardinia)

  Researchers studied the diets of very elderly people in Costa Rica and Sardinia, finding that both long-lived populations eat mostly plant foods with regular dairy and meat consumption.

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  Dietary Soy And Natto Intake And Cardiovascular Disease Mortality In Japanese Adults The Takayama Study1

  A large Japanese study found that eating natto (fermented soybeans) was linked to a 25% lower risk of dying from cardiovascular disease over 16 years.

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  Different Environmental Variables Predict Body And Brain Size Evolution In Homo

  Researchers found that temperature drove human body size evolution over the past million years, while environmental productivity influenced brain size development.

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  Different Selective Pressures Shape The Molecular Evolution Of Color Vision In Chimpanzee And Human Populations

  Researchers found that humans and chimpanzees evolved different color vision abilities despite being closely related, with humans showing more genetic variation in their "red" color vision gene.

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  Earliest Archaeological Evidence Of Persistent Hominin Carnivory

  Archaeological evidence from Kenya shows our ancestors were regularly eating meat 2 million years ago, making carnivory a key part of human evolution.

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  Earliest Fire In Africa Towards The Convergence Of Archaeological Evidence And The Cooking Hypothesis

  This study examines archaeological evidence for when early humans first began using fire for cooking, which may have been crucial for human brain development and metabolism.

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  Effects Of Hyperthyroidism In The Development Of The Appendicular Skeleton And Muscles Of Zebrafish, With Notes On Evolutionary Developmental Pathology (Evo Devo Path)

  Researchers studied how thyroid hormone T3 affects bone and muscle development in zebrafish, revealing insights into how thyroid function impacts growth across species including humans.

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  Elastin Derived Extracellular Matrix Fragments Drive Aging Through Innate Immune Activation

  Scientists discovered that fragments from broken-down elastin (a protein that keeps tissues flexible) circulate in blood and accelerate aging by triggering harmful inflammation.

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  Environmental Selection During The Last Ice Age On The Mother To Infant Transmission Of Vitamin D And Fatty Acids Through Breast Milk

  Researchers discovered that genetic changes helping mothers pass more vitamin D and healthy fats to babies through breast milk were naturally selected during the Ice Age in extreme northern climates.

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  Estimating The Ages Of Selection Signals From Different Epochs In Human History

  Researchers developed a method to estimate when genetic changes that helped humans survive occurred throughout history, from ancient migrations to the rise of agriculture.

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  Etho Eco Morphological Mismatches, An Overlooked Phenomenon In Ecology, Evolution And Evo Devo That Supports ONCE (Organic Nonoptimal Constrained Evolution) And The Key Evolutionary Role Of Organismal Behavior

  Scientists found that animals' bodies often don't perfectly match their environments because evolution is constrained by genetics and behavior, challenging the idea that organisms are optimally designed.

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  Evidence Of Different Metabolic Phenotypes In Humans

  Scientists discovered that each person has a unique metabolic "fingerprint" that remains consistent over time, which could help detect diseases earlier.

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  Evidence On Chronic Ketosis In Traditional Arctic Populations

  This study challenges claims that traditional Arctic peoples avoided ketosis, suggesting they may have actually been in ketosis regularly despite low-carb diets.

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  Evolution, Medicine, And Public Health [2019] Pp. 183–189 Doi 10.1093 Emph Eoz026 Human Enhancement Genetic Engineering And Evolution

  This research examines how genetic engineering to enhance human abilities could affect our evolution and requires careful consideration of complex biological interactions and ethical boundaries.

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  Evolutionary Basis For The Human Diet Consequences For Human Health

  This research traces how human diets evolved over millions of years, from fruit-eating ancestors to meat-rich diets to modern grain-based foods, explaining today's health challenges.