Uncover the truth about early human diet. New research suggests our ancient relatives may not have been avid meat-eaters as ...

New research shows Australopithecus ate mostly plants, challenging theories about early human diets, meat, and evolution.

Scientists suggest meat consumption was pivotal to humans' development of larger brains, but the transition probably didn't ...

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 ...

For decades, the narrative of early humans evolution has been closely tied to the rise of meat consumption, thought to have ...

New research shows Australopithecus, an early human ancestor, likely consumed little to no meat, challenging previous ...

Nitrogen isotope analysis of tooth enamel reveals no evidence of meat consumption in Australopithecus. New research published ...

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

Human ancestors like Australopithecus -- which lived around 3.5 million years ago in southern Africa -- ate very little to no meat, according to new research. This conclusion comes from an analysis of ...

Three-million-year-old tools found in Kenya reveal early humans' ability to cut food, butcher meat, and adapt to new diets.