The bands of ancient Neanderthals that struggled throughout Europe during the last Ice Age faced challenges no tougher than those confronted by the modern Inuit, or Eskimos. That’s the conclusion of a ...

Over the past five years, photographer Ciril Jazbec has documented the changing lives of the Inuit people in Greenland, the world’s largest island, which is covered by the world’s largest and ...

Inuits are less likely to develop cardiovascular disease and diabetes, despite their large fat intake. Ansgar Walk/wikimedia, CC BY-SA For evolutionary biologists, the best experiments are those ...

MONTREAL — While Canada’s isolated northern aboriginals are not sitting at the same table as the 180 nations attending the U.N. Climate Change Conference, they have a front-row seat to the chilling ...

Inuit people living in Greenland may have inherited genes from our early ancestors that helps them survive in the cold. These same genes helped Denisovans, a human sub-species that populated Siberia ...

Mette Frederiksen apologises in person to six surviving Greenlandic Inuit who were snatched from families as children more than 70 years ago Denmark’s prime minister has apologised in person to a ...

Inuits have the highest lung cancer rates in the world, largely attributed to widespread smoking among the population, researchers said Friday. Inuits have the highest lung cancer rates in the world, ...

LITTLE ROCK — We are always told a balanced diet with plenty of nutritious fresh produce is needed for good health. How did people avoid malnutrition in societies, like those in the Arctic, where ...

Atherosclerosis — the build-up of plaques of fat, cholesterol and calcium in one's arteries — is a leading cause of death today in the world's wealthier countries. While often seen as a product of ...