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Homo sapiens lived 2 million years ago on a diet of meat, says new study

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Anthropologists from Israel 's Tel Aviv University and the University of Minho in Portugal have published a study on the diets of our Pleistocene ancestors.

For a good 2 million years , Homo sapiens and their ancestors dined heavily on meat, putting them at the top of the food chain.

A look through hundreds of previous studies on everything from modern human anatomy and physiology to measures of the isotopes inside ancient human bones and teeth.

Knowing where our ancestors sat in the food web has a big impact on our own health and physiology.

The Neolithic revolution of farming and agriculture led to the decline in large animal populations and more plant consumption.

Knowing our evolutionary past isn't an instruction guide on human health, the researchers say.

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