Study explores plausibility of bulbs and tubers in the diet of early human ancestors
Friday, July 25, 2008 - 15:07
in Paleontology & Archaeology
(PhysOrg.com) -- It was a dirty job, but somebody had to do it. Anthropologist Nathaniel J. Dominy of the University of California, Santa Cruz, has advanced the investigation of the diet of early human ancestors by painstakingly measuring the mechanical properties of the underground parts of nearly 100 plant species across sub-Saharan Africa.