Extinct Species of Early Human Survived On Grass Bulbs, Not Meat

Philip Ross writes "Fresh analysis of an extinct relative of humans suggests our ancient ancestors dined primarily on tiger nuts, which are edible grass bulbs, settling a discrepancy over what made up prehistoric diets. According to a new study published in the journal PLOS One, the strong-jawed ancient hominin known as Paranthropus boisei, nicknamed 'Nutcracker Man,' which roamed East Africa between 2.4 million and 1.4 million years ago, survived on a diet scientists previously thought implausible."

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And Yet ...

[Anonymous Coward]

And yet current relatives of humans in Colorado are trying to survive on grass buds. How will it end? Only the evolution of our laws and the "war on drugs" will tell.

Re:Extinct species survived

[Tailhook]

Yes, since 50 years now. Just noticing?

One, now extinct, vegan subspecies will be trumpeted throughout the western world as evidence of our foolish diets and a as crucial imperative our which we must wrap our public policy. Vegans and warmists have a fresh new outlier to cite. The fact that it appears to be an evolutionary dead end will be discounted or ignored.

Primitive humans throughout the world manufactured vast quantities of weapons; one of the best and most ubiquitous indicators of human habitation are deposits of stone tips for projectiles or spears. Those weapons weren't used to kill plants or carcasses. They were used to hunt fresh meat or fight other humans or both. Which is it?

We all know the answer. Yet we must play these games, foisting our bullshit one each other, trying to support the hipster, metro-sexual malcontent anti-anything-bigger-than-a-hobby-farm world view.

I'm going to a gun range today. When I'm done I'm going to get a burger. So fuck you and your extinct vegan hobbits.

Feeding the Relatives

[flyneye]

SOME ancient ancestors dined on grass bulbs, lacked the protein building blocks to produce STRONG muscles and were summarily eaten by peaceful plant eating dinos as they slept.
LESSON: Eat a dino, save your ass, discover barbeque sauce, THEN the wheel. Eat or be Eaten!