Three Million Years Ago, Our Ancestors Ate Plants, Not Mammals
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The image of our ancient ancestors as hunters feasting on mammalian prey has long shaped our understanding of human evolution. But new research1 from the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry and the University of the Witwatersrand suggests that Australopithecus, a pivotal member of the human lineage that lived 3.5 million years ago, primarily relied on a plant-based diet.
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