thus identifying their place within the genetic family tree of the Homo genus. “In our phylogenetic analyses, none of the ...

Darwin's great insight, and the unifying principle of biology today, is that all species are related to one another like sisters, cousins, and distant kin in a vast family tree of life.

The dietary shift to meat likely started with the Homo genus around 2 million years ago ... part of their diet—if it was consumed at all. Instead, these early hominins primarily ate plants ...