Just to make you smile
November 25, 2012
Feeling hungry? Then just crouch down and take a few mouthfuls of grass, as our evolutionary ancestors apparently did, about 3.5 million years ago. According to researchers at the University of Oxford, the human like species, Australopithecus bahrelghazali, who lived on the savannahs of Africa, were the first to incorporate grasses and sedges into their diet. In contrast, earlier hominims ate diets composed primarily of fruits and insects.
For those of you still digesting Thursday’s big meal, the thought of…