The Diet That Shaped Human Evolution: Dental Evidence
A 2025 Science study shows how shifting diets reshaped hominin teeth from Australopithecus to early Homo — key dental and dietary evidence for UPSC Anthropology Paper 1.
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Early Humans Used Fire 1 Million Years Ago
Evidence suggests early humans made controlled use of fire around a million years ago, with major implications for diet, cooking and human evolution.
EARLY HUMANS THRIVED ON A PLANT-BASED DIET (780,000 YEARS AGO)
Evidence from an early human site indicates a substantial plant-based diet around 780,000 years ago – dietary anthropology relevant to UPSC Anthropology.
Why Chimpanzees Share Fermented Fruit: Alcohol, Bonding and Human Origins
Wild chimpanzees share low-ethanol fermented fruit in social settings — a case study in chimpanzee social bonding, commensality and the drunken monkey hypothesis for UPSC Anthropology.