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Turning point for early human diets occurred 3.5 million years ago. Prior to about 3.5 million years ago, early humans dined almost exclusively on leaves and fruits from trees, shrubs, and herbs-similar to modern-day gorillas and chimpanzees. However, about 3.5 million years ago, early human species like Australopithecus afarensis and Kenyanthropus platyops began to also nosh on grasses, sedges, and succulents-or on animals that ate those plants terradaily/reports/Turning_point_for_early_human_diets_occurred_3_point_5_million_years_ago_999.html
Posted on: Thu, 06 Jun 2013 19:17:15 +0000

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