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

Scientists suggest meat consumption was pivotal to humans' development of larger brains, but the transition probably didn't ...

Breaking new ground in our understanding of early human diet and evolution, scientists have discovered that our ancient ...

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

A study on the teeth of ancestors to humans that lived around 3.5 million years ago suggests they ate mainly or only plants.

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 ...

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 ...

The incorporation of meat into the diet was a milestone for the human evolutionary lineage, a potential catalyst for advances ...

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 ...