b) Homo erectus Morphology ... i) Emphasis on hunting increased. There is disagreement about the significance of big game animals in the Homo erectus diet.
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F-2. HOMO HABILIS AND HOMO ERECTUS: ... Coupled with anatomic changes - and with the associations (found) in living primates between larger brains and a high quality diet - this increase also points to the conclusion that the behavioural solution was to concentrate on high-quality foods." Leakey (1993) supports this,
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H. erectus then might have had to develop a more flexible diet that involved more than plucking fruits from trees. World's first cook; William Calvin, affiliate professor of psychiatry and behavioural sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle says, "Homo erectus ate well." ;
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This finding led Milton (2002) to argue vehemently against a single hypothetical “Paleolithic diet.” Perhaps then, early Homo, and especially H. erectus, ...
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Simple explanation of homo erectus in the framework of the history of the Universe ... About two million years ago Homo habilis evolved into the first people called Homo Erectus. Their bodies were like ours but their faces were still ape-like. They ate raw plants and meat, so they needed strong jaws to chew their food.
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"It may well be that Homo erectus was a true man, but somewhat degenerate in size and culture, possibly because of inbreeding, poor diet and a hostile environment" (Morris 1974).
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While evolutionists have not yet developed a formal definition for Homo erectus, a suite of characteristics is generally accepted: ... Yes, but this is simply a function of a VERY large masticatory apparatus, well developed temporal muscles and a diet which traditionally required lots of chewing, and the long head shape...
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; Setting the Scientific Record Straight on Humanity's; Evolutionary Prehistoric Diet and Ape Diets.; ... 1.7 Mya: Evolution of Homo erectus, considerable increase in meat consumption and widely omnivorous diet, continues till dawn of agriculture.
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The clear implication is that the diet of Homo erectus [note: Homo erectus evolved roughly 1.7 Mya] was not simply an australopithecine diet with more meat; rather there were important changes in both animal and vegetable components of the diet...
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