Until recently, it was widely accepted that the earliest members of the Homo lineage were the first hominids to hunt. In particular, Homo erectus – which emerged around two million years ago – is typically credited with developing the taste for meat, yet new studies have begun to challenge this narrative, suggesting that our ancestors may have eaten meat long before the arrival of the Homo genus. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

Did meat make us human?

The idea of H. erectus as the world’s first butcher stems from the fact that the greatest concentration of animal remains bearing cut marks is found at sites dating to less than two million years ago in Tanzania’s Olduvai Gorge . These carnivorous leftovers th

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