New research shows that ancient humans, Australopithecus, had a plant-based diet, challenging long-held meat-eating theories.

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

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More than three million years after her death, the early human ancestor known as Lucy is still divulging her secrets. In 2016, an autopsy indicated that the female Australopithecus afarensis, whose ...

New research published in Science suggests that Australopithecus, a genus of early human ancestors, primarily consumed plants, with minimal evidence of meat consumption. This study analyzed nitrogen ...

and there has been significant debate over when early hominins – the group consisting of modern humans and all our immediate ancestors – acquired the adaptability to survive in extreme ...

New research provides the first direct evidence that Australopithecus, an important early human ancestor that displayed a mix of ape-like and human-like traits, consumed very little or no meat ...

An archeological discovery sheds new light on prehistoric cooking and raises questions as to the validity of the basis of ...