Dissecting the Animal Diet, Past and Present
Friday, March 18, 2016 - 13:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Researchers at Yale and the Smithsonian Institution say it's time to settle a very old food fight. In a study published March 18 in the journal Ecology and Evolution, authors Matt Davis and Silvia Pineda-Munoz argue that scientists need to focus as much on "when" animals eat as they do "what" animals eat. Without the proper time context, they say, an animal's diet can tell very different stories.