2007-12-24 11:29:05 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
omnivore
2007-12-24 11:32:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
All the species that were on our line after the separation from the chimpanzee line have teeth that show an omnivorous diet. Those species that showed teeth suitable for a herbivorous diet - Australopithecus boisei for instance - died out and no descendents live today. Certainly by the time the genus Homo evolved the teeth were suitable for an omnivorous diet and all hominids were omnivores.
2007-12-25 18:17:32 · answer #2 · answered by tentofield 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first ancient man...now known as Ramopithicus...was technically an omnivore...it tried to get food from whatever souce was the easiest, be that plants, fruit, insects, or small animals.
2007-12-25 22:03:59 · answer #3 · answered by Billy T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everything we know from ancient hominid skeletons points to omnivory - which is what we are still adapted for today. Ancestral hominids lacked specialized teeth for either carnivory or herbivory - no daggerlike canines or carnassials for the first, no batteries of crushing and grinding teeth for the second. Our teeth are still those of a generalist. We can tear some, we can grind some, but we're not particularly good at either.
2007-12-24 22:21:41 · answer #4 · answered by jillmcm1970 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Earliest teeth of hominids seem to show he was an omnivore.
Since they were small and not armed they were probably scavengers, and hunters of small prey. With time they became organized hunters, much as chimpanzees are now, not nearly as good though as a pack of dogs.
Length of intestines and their organization and teeth support the idea that early humans were omnivores. Looking at chimpanzees also supports this.
2007-12-24 20:35:44 · answer #5 · answered by dougger 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
1st ancient man impossible a carnivore nor omnivore
**He never born with axes, bow and knives.
**Even the fire & it's use is a modern invention.
**The toddler could never immediately possessed tooth, knew how to run and hunt, eat solid food and knew how to prey likewise other carnivorous and omnivorous do. He not even could defend against the beast. He would be at BOTTOM OF FOOD-CHAIN than most other carnivore / omnivore creatures.
**Raw meat not ideal for man for all times, unless he is starving, or cooked and eats with condiments.
**Psychologically humane hate to see blood, strangling, screaming and crying.
**Meat (cooked or raw) does more harm than good.
**In most religious doctrine stated 1st man commanded by the Creator to be a vegetarian (fruitorian)
**Other scientific evidence proves our "machine" (human anatomy) MORE resemble to a omnivore (unless few of them already taken evolution / mutation since homo Homo sapiens)...
2007-12-24 20:19:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Who can say? There is evidence now of humans dating back 50 million years, concurrent with dinosaurs. Also there is ample evidence of technologically advanced civilizations in the ancient past. Clearly we are disconnected from our true history.
Many say that we did not evolve on this planet at all, but were seeded here and/or genetically modified, so maybe you could ask those very distant ancestors.
2007-12-24 19:40:37 · answer #7 · answered by Matt M 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
All hominid skulls show omnivore teeth structures.
2007-12-25 01:15:27 · answer #8 · answered by eastacademic 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
We'd have to presume he started consuming anything he could find, only later to settle down somewhere with a more stable food source.
2007-12-24 19:35:05 · answer #9 · answered by Ken Mc 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋