Early Hominin Diets

Peter Ungar, Distinguished Professor of anthropology at the University of Arkansas, and Matt Sponheimer of the University of Colorado found a way to use the markings food leaves on teeth to find out for sure what types of food Early Hominins ate, even if it doesn't match up with what is suggested by the Hominins bone structure. for example Paranthropus boisei is an example of a creature whose diet doesn't match its bone structure. While the large jaws and broad teeth of the Paranthropus boisei earned it the nickname “Nutcracker Man,” it appears that this particular species did not eat hard foods, but probably ate tough grasses or sedges much of the time,

this can prove fore sure what human ancestors ate and can help researchers find the ones that are closer to modern humans in terms of diet.

this can affect all scientists that study human ancestry