Scientists 'surprised' to discover very early ancestors survived on tropical plants, new study suggests by (author unknown)

Between three million and 3.5 million years ago, the diet of our very early ancestors in central Africa is likely to have consisted mainly of tropical grasses and sedges, new research suggests.



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