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Meat wasn't on the menu for our ancient hominin ancestors
New research shows that ancient humans, Australopithecus, had a plant-based diet, challenging long-held meat-eating theories.
The fossil skull that rocked the world—the Taung find's complex colonial legacy 100 years later
In 1924 an Australian anthropologist and anatomist, Raymond Dart, acquired a block of calcified sediment from a limestone ...
3 million years ago, our ancestors were vegetarian: Here’s the evidence, why it matters
New research suggests that our ancestors, such as Australopithecus, consumed little to no meat, relying instead on a ...
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Mrs Ples may have been vegetarian say scientists
Scientists from the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) and the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Germany published ...
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Rewriting Prehistory: Archaeologists Have Discovered That Our Ancient Ancestors Were Vegetarian
The Sterkfontein excavation site, which exposes the ancient deposits that once formed underground and contain Australopithecus fossils. The fossil-bearing red sediments clearly contrast with the grey ...
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Ancient tooth enamel shatters long-held beliefs about early human diet
The research, published in Science, focused on specimens from the Sterkfontein cave near Johannesburg, part of South Africa’s “Cradle of Humankind,” an area renowned for its abundant early hominin ...
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Vaal Dam Levels Soar Above 50%, South Africans Excited
The department's spokesperson, Wisane Mavasa, said the dam experienced a downward spiral. The department was planning on releasing water from the Sterkfontein Dam to boost its level, but he said the ...
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Structure of the Sterkfontein Ape
A LARGE monograph on the South African Australopithecines is being prepared, and is well advanced; but as it cannot possibly be published, at the earliest, for some months, it may be well to give ...
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Vaal Dam level passes 50%: ‘We’re in a far better space’ - Department of Water and Sanitation
The Department of Water and Sanitation had been making plans to release water from the Sterkfontein Dam into the Vaal Dam if levels dropped to 18%. Thanks to the heavy rain, this plan is no longer ...
Science Daily23d
Three million years ago, our ancestors were vegetarian
She regularly travels to Africa to sample fossilized teeth for her analysis. Wits University owns the Sterkfontein Caves and is the custodian of the Australopithecus fossils. Nitrogen isotope ...
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Isotopes in early South African hominin teeth show they ate little meat
The researchers conducted an analysis of the nitrogen and carbon isotopes bound to the tooth enamel of 43 fossilized teeth, all of which had been found in South Africa's Sterkfontein caves.
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Department monitors Vaal Dam levels
Departmental spokesperson, Wisane Mavasa, said the dam has, for the past few months, been on a downward spiral with the department making plans to release water from the Sterkfontein Dam into the ...