The discovery puts back by 10 million years the colonization of land by plants, and suggests that a diversity of land plants had evolved by 472 million years ago. The newly found plants are liverworts, very simple plants that lack stems or roots.
No nuts for 'Nutcracker Man': Early human relative apparently chewed grass instead PhysOrg - May 2, 2011
For decades, a 2.3 million- to 1.2 million-year-old human relative named Paranthropus boisei has been nicknamed Nutcracker Man because of his big, flat molar teeth and thick, powerful jaw. But a definitive new University of Utah study shows that Nutcracker Man didnšt eat nuts, but instead chewed grasses and possibly sedges - a discovery that upsets conventional wisdom about early humanityšs diet.
Why the switch from foraging to farming? PhysOrg - March 7, 2011
Thousands of years ago, our ancestors gave up foraging for food and took up farming, one of the most important and debated decisions in history.
Coca leaves first chewed 8,000 years ago, says research BBC - December 2, 2010
Peruvian foraging societies were already chewing coca leaves 8,000 years ago, archaeological evidence has shown. Ruins beneath house floors in the northwestern Peru showed evidence of chewed coca and calcium-rich rocks. Such rocks would have been burned to create lime, chewed with coca to release more of its active chemicals.
Prehistoric man ate flatbread 30,000 years ago: study PhysOrg - October 19, 2010
Starch grains found on grinding stones suggest that prehistoric man may have consumed a type of bread at least 30,000 years ago in Europe, US researchers said.
Fossils of earliest land plants discovered in Argentina BBC - October 12, 2010
The discovery puts back by 10 million years the colonization of land by plants, and suggests that a diversity of land plants had evolved by 472 million years ago. The newly found plants are liverworts, very simple plants that lack stems or roots.
Tool-making and meat-eating began 3.5 million years ago BBC - August 11, 2010
Researchers have found evidence that hominins - early human ancestors - used stone tools to cleave meat from animal bones more than 3.2 million years ago. That pushes back the earliest known tool use and meat-eating in such hominins by more than 800,000 years.
Human Ancestors Were Homemakers Live Science - December 18, 2009
Exploring the Stone Age pantry PhysOrg - December 18, 2009
A 200,000-year-old cut of meat PhysOrg - October 15, 2009
Diet, population size and the spread of modern humans into Europe PhysOrg - August 11, 2009
Early human hunters had fewer meat-sharing rituals PhysOrg - August 13, 2009
Neanderthals wouldn't have eaten their sprouts either PhysOrg - August 12, 2009
Humans Ate Fish 40,000 Years Ago Live Science - July 7, 2009
Mammals 'Got Milk' for Past 160 Million Years Live Science - May 12, 2009
Stressed Skull Reveals Early Human Diet Live Science - May 8, 2009
Chocolate Origins Traced to Beer Makers 3,000 Years Ago National Geographic - November 13, 2007
African Cave Yields Earliest Proof of Beach Living National Geographic - October 17, 2007
Cave clue to 'first beachcombers' BBC - October 17, 2007
First farmers wanted clothes not food News in Science - October 12, 2007
Fossil Meat Found in 380-Million-Year-Old Fish National Geographic - February 12, 2007
Americans Cooked With Chili Peppers 6,000 Years Ago, Study Finds National Geographic - February 15, 2007
Oldest noodles unearthed in China BBC - October 12, 2005
The first cultivated potato was grown in what is now Peru News in Science - October 4, 2005
Oldest hamster food store found - 17 million year old nuts BBC - December 2003
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