Learn about new research that examined fossilized teeth to confirm the vegetarian diets of Australopithecus, our ancestor that lived over 3 million years ago. Long before humans acquired an appetite ...

(Reuters) - The incorporation of meat into the diet was a milestone for the human evolutionary lineage, a potential catalyst for advances such as increased brain size. But scientists have struggled to ...

Our ancestors' teeth tell an astonishing story of survival and adaptation. A recent study reveals how their diet influenced the evolution of their dentition. Around 3.8 million years ago, hominids ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Australopithecus afarensis (left), Homo rudolfensis (center), and Homo ergaster (right) evolved different dental structures to ...