The earliest human ancestors weren't big meat eaters, according to new scientific research on their fossilized remains.

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 ...

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

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

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

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

The incorporation of meat into the diet was a milestone for the human evolutionary lineage, a potential catalyst for advances ...

When prehistoric predators abounded, the ability to perceive harm helped our ancestors survive. Some researchers wonder ...

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.