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Hominins' Early Meat Eating

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When did our ancestors start to eat meat regularly? Fossilised teeth get us closer to the answer

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Scientists measured nitrogen isotopes in the enamel from fossilised teeth belonging to the hominin genus Australopithecus , discovered in South Africa’s Sterkfontein Caves .

Their findings suggest that these ape-like, small-brained early hominins were eating mostly plants.

There was little to no evidence of meat consumption.

The isotopic signature of Australopithecus was low, similar to that of herbivores.

Tina Lüdecke and Dominic Stratford are expanding their research to other fossil sites across Africa and Asia .

They hope to answer bigger questions about when meat truly entered the hominin diet.

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