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Human ancestors went underground for dinner

Like mole rats, hominins may have had a diet rich in bulbs and tubers.

Palaeontologists have turned to an unlikely source in a bid to uncover the dietary habits of some of humanity’s oldest ancestors. They have studied the teeth of mole rats found in South Africa to bolster the theory that prehistoric hominins may have eaten underground bulbs and tubers, rather than meat or grass.

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Posted by Mike Hopkin on May 2, 2007 10:14 AM |

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