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Ancient Relatives of Humans Ate Wood

Scientists analyzed dental tartar in fossils

By Dustin Lushing,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 27, 2012 4:15 PM CDT

(Newser) – Did our ancestors eat trees? New fossil evidence shows that a 2 million-year-old relative of humans nibbled on bark and leaves, reports BBC. Scientists analyzed the teeth of two members of the "southern ape" species, or Australopithecus sediba, and found evidence that they included...   Read full story »

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