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

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

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

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

A study on the teeth of ancestors to humans that lived around 3.5 million years ago suggests they ate mainly or only plants.

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

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

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 ...

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

New research reveals Australopithecus, an early human ancestor, primarily followed a plant-based diet. Despite previous assumptions, meat consumption might have emerged later in human evolution. The ...