Research reveals insects were major food source millions of years ago

Press/Media: Research

Description

https://phys.org/news/2018-04-reveals-insects-major-food-source.html

Period16 Apr 2018

Media coverage

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Media coverage

  • TitleResearch reveals insects were major food source millions of years ago
    Degree of recognitionInternational
    Media name/outletPhys.org
    Media typeWeb
    Duration/Length/Size423 words
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date16/04/18
    DescriptionInsects could have accounted for almost half of the daily diet of early man millions of years ago, new research has claimed.
    Producer/AuthorHeriot-Watt University
    URLhttps://phys.org/news/2018-04-reveals-insects-major-food-source.html
    PersonsClayton Magill, Julie Lesnik

Keywords

  • Insects
  • Carbon
  • Isotopes
  • Human evolution
  • Olduvai Gorge