It took 700,000 years for hominin evolution to produce long molars that allowed for the efficient chewing of tough plant fibers following the dietary shift to starchy foods.

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• Person: Not available Organization: University of Calgary
  Study documents how change in diet drove early human evolution

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• Study documents how change in diet drove early human evolution ucalgary.ca University of Calgary via serper

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• starchy vegetables concept
• Hominin evolution concept