UA researchers have discovered some of the changes in genes, physiology and behavior that enable a species to drastically change its lifestyle in the course of evolution.
Evolution
Jan 28, 2015
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Roman gladiators ate a mostly vegetarian diet and drank ashes after training as a tonic. These are the findings of anthropological investigations carried out on bones of warriors found during excavations in the ancient city ...
Archaeology
Oct 20, 2014
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Pet food consumes at least 9% of all livestock globally, rising to 20% in nations such as the U.S. with high pet ownership. The environmental benefits of vegan pet diets were recently found to be game-changingly large. Most ...
Veterinary medicine
Sep 9, 2024
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An ancient species of great ape was likely driven to extinction hundreds of thousands of years ago when climate change put their favorite fruits out of reach during dry seasons, scientists reported Wednesday.
Paleontology & Fossils
Jan 14, 2024
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Social media users believe reducing and eliminating meat intake is ineffective in addressing climate change and reported low willingness to engage in either action, according to a new study from La Trobe University.
Environment
Nov 6, 2023
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Certain variations in genes involved in lipid metabolism and brain function may be associated with choosing a vegetarian diet, according to a new study led by Nabeel Yaseen of Northwestern University, published in the open-access ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Oct 4, 2023
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A new study by the University of Stirling has sought to understand why vegetarians consume non-meat animal products despite their concerns that animal agricultural production can be cruel.
Social Sciences
Jul 25, 2023
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How do we increase food production by more than 50%, on a limited amount of arable land, to feed a projected 10 billion people by 2050?
Agriculture
Oct 6, 2022
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The food we consume has a massive impact on our planet. Agriculture takes up half the habitable land on Earth, destroys forests and other ecosystems and produces a quarter of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. Meat and ...
Environment
Aug 15, 2022
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What we eat and how we produce food matters. Food systems are responsible for more than a quarter of the world's greenhouse gas emissions.
Environment
Jul 18, 2022
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