Looks like you aren't always what you eat. engineering
There once was a common belief that suggested ancient humans' brains increased in size due to meat consumption, but a new theory seems to debunk that idea.
The research team included Andrew Barr, Briana Pobiner, a zooarchaeologist at the Smithsonian’s Museum of Natural History, John Rowan, an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Albany, Andrew Du, an assistant professor of anthropology and geography at Colorado State University, and J. Tyler Faith, an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Utah.
. The other possibility that made a larger brain possible for Homo erectus is cooking, hence cooked meals are usually more nutritious than a raw diet.Barr and his colleagues examined human activity dating between 2.6 million and 1.2 million years ago in 59 sites in eastern Africa.
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