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The tough diet of Australopithecus sediba
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07-08-2019 12:27am#1A study Australopithecus sediba's teeth reveals that if dined on bark and bushes, among other things.
http://www.science20.com/news_articles/trees_australopithecus_sediba_had_caveman_diet_you_want_no_part-91543
What caught my eye is that, according to a scientist, its diet would be "similar to that of today's savannah chimpanzees", which makes me wonder whether these apes too hunted and ate other animals once in a while (not small animals and insects, but larger game, the same way savannah chimps are known to kill and eat baboons, for example).Failed to load the poll.2
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