Early human skulls shaped for nut-cracking
Monday, February 2, 2009 - 17:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
New research conducted in part by researchers at The George Washington University has led to novel insights into how feeding and dietary adaptations may have shaped the evolution of the earliest humans. An interdisciplinary, international team, involving GW graduate student Janine Chalk and GW researchers Brian Richmond, Peter Lucas, Paul Constantino, and Bernard Wood, studied ancient human skull structure and found that a 2 million-year-old early human relative likely ingested large nuts and seeds that may have been 'foods of last resort'...