Numbers of animal species react to the natural phenomenon of fire, but only humans have
learnt to control it and to make it at will. Natural fires caused overwhelmingly by lightning are …

The appearance of Oldowan sites ca. 2.6 million years ago (Ma) may reflect one of the most
important adaptive shifts in human evolution. Stone artifact manufacture, large mammal …

The chimpanzee of all other living species is our closest relation, with whom we last shared
a common ancestor about five million years ago. These African apes make and use a rich …

Cooking is a human universal that must have had widespread effects on the nutrition,
ecology, and social relationships of the species that invented it. The location and timing of its …

Despite recent, compelling challenge, the evolution of Homo erectusis still commonly
attributed to big game hunting and/or scavenging and family provisioning by men. Here we …

Behavioural modifications associated with the exploitation of new food resources have been
linked to major steps in hominid evolution and in subsequent human cultural development1 …

Whether viewed from archaeological-historical, sociocultural, or biomedical perspectives,
food is a basic concern for all human societies. Reflecting that basic concern …

Multilevel (or modular) societies are a distinct type of primate social system whose key
features are single-male–multifemale, core units nested within larger social bands. They are …

Over an eight‐year period, a total of 174 food items were recorded for chimpanzees (Pan t.
troglodytes) in the Lopé Reserve in central Gabon. Plant foods, principally fruit, dominated …

Evidence of Oldowan tools by∼ 2.6 million years ago (Ma) may signal a major adaptive shift
in hominin evolution. While tool-dependent butchery of large mammals was important by at …