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 ...
Our Ancestors Were Vegetarian, Archaeologists Find
A study on the teeth of ancestors to humans that lived around 3.5 million years ago suggests they ate mainly or only plants.
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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Early humans had surprising diets 3.5 million years ago
New research shows Australopithecus ate mostly plants, challenging theories about early human diets, meat, and evolution.
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Space and Time: Recent Advances and Unanticipated Setbacks in Human Exploration
Recent scientific advances and challenges include SpaceX's Starship explosion, Blue Origin's New Glenn launch, a scent to ...
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Three million years ago, our ancestors were vegetarian
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 ...
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 ...
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A new way to see what was for dinner 3 million years ago
Analyzing the chemistry of some ancient teeth has revealed what human ancestors were eating around 3 million years ago.
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 ...