Early Humans Had 'Jaws Of Steel'

Wednesday, February 4, 2009 - 00:15 in Biology & Nature

New research reveals nut-cracking abilities in our 2.5-million-year-old relatives that enabled them to alter their diet to adapt to changes in food sources in their environment. Computer simulation shows early humans had jaws to eat diet of hard seeds and nuts.

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