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New technologies challenge old ideas about early hominid diets

New assessments by researchers using the latest high-tech tools to study the diets of early hominids are challenging long-held assumptions about what our ancestors ate, says a study by the University of Colorado ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

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No nuts for 'Nutcracker Man': Early human relative apparently chewed grass instead

(PhysOrg.com) -- For decades, a 2.3 million- to 1.2 million-year-old human relative named Paranthropus boisei has been nicknamed Nutcracker Man because of his big, flat molar teeth and thick, powerful jaw. ...

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Pressure prepares lobsters for long-distance delivery

Autumn is the prime season for catching lobsters in the cold waters off New England, and the red shellfish will soon find its way into many winter feasts, from office holiday parties to Christmas dinners and ...

Chemistry / Other

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (3) | comments 0

If these teeth could talk: What was really on the menus of our ancestors?

For human ancestors, eating could be hard work.

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created Apr 18, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Humans have a mighty bite: Size matters, but efficiency matters more

The robust jaws and formidable teeth of some of our ancestors and ape cousins may suggest that humans are wimps when it comes to producing a powerful bite: but a new study has found the opposite is true, with ...

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created Jun 22, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Ancient 'Lucy' Species Ate A Different Diet Than Previously Thought

(PhysOrg.com) -- Research examining microscopic marks on the teeth of the "Lucy" species Australopithecus afarensis suggests that the ancient hominid ate a different diet than the tooth enamel, size and sh ...

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High-tech tests allow anthropologists to track ancient hominids across the landscape

Dazzling new scientific techniques are allowing archaeologists to track the movements and menus of extinct hominids through the seasons and years as they ate their way across the African landscape, helping ...

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created Feb 12, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Early Human Skulls Shaped for Nut-Cracking (Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research conducted in part by researchers at The George Washington University has led to novel insights into how feeding and dietary adaptations may have shaped the evolution of the earliest ...

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created Feb 03, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 3

You are what you eat? Maybe not for ancient man

New findings suggest that the ancient human “cousin” known as the “Nutcracker Man” wasn’t regularly eating anything like nuts after all.

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created Apr 30, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 2


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