Eats bark, fruit and leaves: diet of ancient human

Australopithecus sediba, a 2-million-year-old member of the human family, had a diet unlike other known hominins

Early Human Ate Like a Giraffe

Food stuck in fossil teeth reveals diet and behavior of a 2-million-year-old relative

Early human ancestor chewed bark

One of our early relatives chewed on fruit, bark and leaves from the forests, fossil evidence suggests.

Ancient human ancestor Australopithecus sediba had unique diet: study

When it came to eating, an upright, 2-million-year-old African hominid had a diet unlike virtually all other known human ancestors, says a study led by the Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary ...

'Missing link' human ancestor ate leaves and fruit from the trees, like chimps

The short and gangly South African Australopithecus sediba chomped on a hard diet of trees, bushes and fruit two million years ago - similar to a chimpanzee, say Boulder, Colorado researchers.

Human Ancestors Ate Bark?Food in Teeth Hints at Chimplike Origins

Food stuck in prehistoric teeth suggest some of our forebears ate?and lived?a bit more like chimps than expected, a new study says.

Early ancestor is only hominid that ate bark

That’s right. Scientists have found that one of our early ancestors, the Aus­tra­lo­pith­e­cus sed­iba, South Af­ri­can spe­cies from two mil­lion years ago, used to have an ...

Humanity May Have Originated in the Woods

The hominin's diet is unlike other extinct relatives of humans.

Ancient Hominins Ate Similarly to Giraffes

A two million-year-old mishap that befell two early members of the human family tree has provided the most robust evidence to date of what at least one pair of hominins ate.

First Plant Material Found On Ancient Hominins' Teeth - Remains Of Food Found In 2 Million-Year-Old Dental Plaque

They were what they ate

You are what you eat, and that seems to have been true even 2 million years ago, when a group of pre-human relatives was swinging through the trees and racing across the savannas of South Africa.

Ancient human ancestors had unique diet

When it came to eating, an upright, 2-million-year-old African hominid had a diet unlike virtually all other known human ancestors, says a study led by the Max Planck Institute ...

First plant material found on ancient hominins' teeth

A 2 million-year-old mishap that befell two early members of the human family tree has provided the most robust evidence to date of what at least one pair of hominins ate.