Some researchers hypothesize that the incorporation of animal-based foods in early hominin diets led to increased brain size, ...

New research provides the first direct evidence of whether Australopithecus, an important early human ancestor, consumed meat ...

Chemicals in the tooth enamel of Australopithecus suggest the early human ancestors ate very little meat, dining on vegetation instead.

A team of climate geochemists at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, University of the Witwatersrand and Princeton ...

An illustration of two of the seven molars from Australopithecus, unearthed in South Africa ...

It belonged to a juvenile member of the species Australopithecus africanus who was later nicknamed the Taung Child. The skull conclusively demonstrated that Africa was the birthplace of humankind.

A significant revelation about the dietary habits of early human ancestors suggests a strong reliance on plant-based foods rather than meat consumption. Evidence from fossilised t ...

According to a recently published study, early human ancestors, specifically Australopithecus africanus, primarily had a plant-based diet despite previous evidence suggesting meat consumption.

An illustration of two of the seven molars from Australopithecus, unearthed in South Africa, that were sampled in new research exploring the diet of this important ancient human ancestor. The ...

The incorporation of meat into the diet was a milestone for the human evolutionary lineage, a potential catalyst for advances such as increased brain size. But scientists have struggled to ...