Humans adapted to living in rainforests much sooner than thought

Humans adapted to living in rainforests much sooner than thought

Date:

March 12, 2015

Source:

University of Oxford

Summary:

An international research team has shed new light on the diet of some of the earliest recorded humans in Sri Lanka. The researchers analyzed the carbon and oxygen isotopes in the teeth of 26 individuals, with the oldest dating back 20,000 years. They found that nearly all the teeth analyzed suggested a diet largely sourced from the rainforest.