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Ape-Like Human Ancestors Were Largely Vegetarian 3.3 Million Years Ago in South Africa, Fossil Teeth Reveal
Scientists suggest meat consumption was pivotal to humans' development of larger brains, but the transition probably didn't ...
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Ancient tooth enamel shatters long-held beliefs about early human diet
Uncover the truth about early human diet. New research suggests our ancient relatives may not have been avid meat-eaters as ...
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, ...
Rewriting Prehistory: Archaeologists Have Discovered That Our Ancient Ancestors Were Vegetarian
Nitrogen isotope analysis of tooth enamel reveals no evidence of meat consumption in Australopithecus. New research published ...
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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.
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 ...
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Three million years ago, our ancestors were vegetarian
They conclude that the diet of these hominins was variable but ... "This method opens up exciting possibilities for understanding human evolution, and it has the potential to answer crucial ...
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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Rethinking the Meat Consumption in Early Human Ancestors
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 ...