We saw that the isotopic signature of Australopithecus was low—similar to that of herbivores. Our findings suggest that these ape-like, small-brained early hominins were eating mostly plants. There ...

Animals that eat plants are called herbivores. As they eat a diet of grass and clover, cows are classed as herbivores. The name for animals that eat meat and plants. Rats eat plants, seeds ...

“We’ve known for a long time that herbivores do eat other insects, but so far people studying herbivory have kind of ignored that because it’s a lot easier to put herbivores in a neat bin in which ...

We saw that the isotopic signature of Australopithecus was low—similar to that of herbivores. Our findings suggest that these ape-like, small-brained early hominins were eating mostly plants.