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 ...

Paintings from ancient Egypt show the harvesting of grapes and the making of wine. Mesopotamian murals illustrate elites rai ...

Aged meat fetches a premium, but the oldest meat ever eaten didn't sit in a humidity-controlled container. Instead, it was ...

SHOHAM, Israel — Archaeologists believe they have found one of the oldest burial sites in the world at a cave in Israel, where the well-preserved remains of early humans dating back about 100,000 ...

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 ...