Archaeology Brown Bag Lecture Series

The evolutionary trajectory of ancestral, australopithecine-grade hominins leading to the genus Homo included an improved diet quality most likely provided by increased consumption of meat. How did that impact foraging adaptations in early Homo during the Early Pleistocene, and when during the past two million years did those evolving patterns of behavior coalesce into a recognizably human adaptation characteristic of modern humankind as
hunter-gatherers?