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  1. Vegetarian diets of our ancestors.

    #Science #Vegetarians #diet #early_life

    A new study has found that Australopithecus diet was mainly plant based and that it was a few million years later that a hunter lifestyle for meat was followed. It is possible that some animal protein was gained by eating eggs, but on the whole Australopithecus ate a vegetarian diet. Examination of teeth enamel found that the nitrogen levels were low indicating a diet comprising of vegetation.

    discovermagazine.com/the-scien