The increase in meat consumption associated with late Australopithecus and early Homo correlates with the evolution of larger relative brain size, increased body size, simplified digestive anatomy, and expanded geographical range observed in Homo erectus by 1.8 million years ago, as noted by Wood and Collard (1999).

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  The role of Plant Foods in the evolution and Dispersal of early Humans

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• Homo concept
• meat consumption concept
• human brain size concept
• Homo erectus entity