The author argues that early human ancestors likely relied on scavenging for meat and marrow rather than hunting, because butchery marks appear on large animals in the fossil record before the existence of hunting technology, and it is implausible that small hominins could take down large animals like elephants without such technology.

Authors

• Person: Sandra J. Ackerman Organization: American Scientist
  Reviewing the Prehistoric Menu | American Scientist

Sources

• Reviewing the Prehistoric Menu | American Scientist www.americanscientist.org Sandra J. Ackerman · American Scientist via serper

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• meat concept
• hominins concept
• hunting concept
• scavenging concept