The ape-like human ancestor Australopithecus—perhaps best known from the iconic fossil ‘Lucy’—might not have had much meat on ...

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

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

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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 ...

Lucy, an early human ancestor, could run upright but much slower than modern humans. New simulations show that muscle and ...