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Our early ancestors weren't big meat eaters after all
The earliest human ancestors weren't big meat eaters, according to new scientific research on their fossilized remains.
Early Human Ancestors Had Plant-Based Diets, Research Suggests
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 ...
Scientists Study 'Vegetarian' Human Ancestors From 3 Million Years Ago
New research provides the first direct evidence of whether Australopithecus, an important early human ancestor, consumed meat ...
Study reveals human ancestors ate mostly plants, not 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.
Isotopes in early South African hominin teeth show they ate little meat
A team of climate geochemists at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, University of the Witwatersrand and Princeton ...
Meat was not on the menu for human ancestor Australopithecus
The incorporation of meat into the diet was a milestone for the human evolutionary lineage, a potential catalyst for advances ...
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Early human ancestors didn’t regularly eat meat
Chemicals in the tooth enamel of Australopithecus suggest the early human ancestors ate very little meat, dining on vegetation instead.