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  • Early human ancestor didn't have the jaws of a nutcracker

    02/08/2016 9:25:11 AM PST · by JimSEA · 67 replies
    Science Daily ^ | February 8, 20 | Washington University in St. Louis
    South Africa's Australopithecus sediba, discovered in 2008 at the archaeological site of Malapa in the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site, is again helping us to study and understand the origins of humans. Research published in 2012 garnered international attention by suggesting that a possible early human ancestor had lived on a diverse woodland diet including hard foods mixed in with tree bark, fruit, leaves and other plant products. But new research by an international team of researchers now shows that Australopithecus sediba didn't have the jaw and tooth structure necessary to exist on a steady diet of hard foods....