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SUMMARY:Evolution’s Bite: Dental evidence for the diets of our distant a
 ncestors - Peter S. Ungar (University of Arkansas)
DTSTART:20180321T163000Z
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CONTACT:Michael Rivera
DESCRIPTION:This talk will present fossil evidence for the evolution of hu
 man diet. There are two basic categories of evidence we consider: adaptive
  lines (e.g.\, tooth size\, shape and structure)\, and “foodprints”\, 
 or traces of actual feeding behaviors (e.g.\, isotopic evidence and microw
 ear). Adaptive evidence and foodprints teach us\, respectively\, something
  about what our ancestors were capable of eating and what specific individ
 uals in the past ate on a daily basis. Combining the two lines of evidence
  provides the clearest picture to date of food choice in the past\, and ho
 w relates to our evolution. Specific examples are offered\, including data
  for our early _Homo_ forebears and the enigmatic genus _Paranthropus_\, t
 o illustrate the point.
LOCATION:Seminar Room\, Henry Wellcome Building\, Division of Biological A
 nthropology\, Fitzwilliam Street\, Cambridge\, CB2 3QG
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