Leopards Likely Preyed on Early Humans, Study Finds
TL;DR
A study reveals that early humans like Homo habilis were still preyed upon by predators such as leopards around 1.75 million years ago, challenging previous beliefs that humans had already become top predators by that time.
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- Leopards delayed humans’ rise to top of the food chain The Times
- Not a “Turning Point”: Study Finds Homo habilis Was Hunted as Prey Science and Culture Today
- Leopards may have feasted on our earliest ancestors Popular Science
- The hunted, not the hunters: AI reveals early humans were prey for leopards Phys.org
- Early Human Ancestor Found to be More Leopard Prey than Predator Thanks to AI Discover Magazine
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