Changes in dental morphology, including increased molar size and enamel thickness and decreased shearing quotients in Australopithecus and Paranthropus, suggest a dietary shift toward underground storage organs between 4 and 2 million years ago, as proposed by Ungar (2004) and Laden and Wrangham (2005).

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