Researchers reveal ancient dietary habits and early human use of plant foods (IMAGE)

Bar-Ilan University

Researchers reveal ancient dietary habits and early human use of plant foods

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Examples of some of the plants recovered from Gesher Benot Ya'akov percussive tools, including both the whole plant, the edible part, and the characteristic starch grains. From left to right: oak, yellow water lily, and common oat (scale is 20 µm) 

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Dr. Hadar Ahituv and Dr. Yoel Melamed

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