http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/07/02/from-tree-living-to-tree-eating-human-ancestors-ate-bark/ Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/07/02/from-tree-living-to-tree-eating-human-ancestors-ate-bark/#comment-33552 Iain Sun, 08 Jul 2012 02:51:56 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=38155#comment-33552 Maybe they learned how to smoke weed and got the munchies and ended up chewing on the trees. Like, man, uh, Hostess and Lays and them others were a long way in the future and they were, like, hungry, NOW! Maybe they learned how to smoke weed and got the munchies and ended up chewing on the trees. Like, man, uh, Hostess and Lays and them others were a long way in the future and they were, like, hungry, NOW!

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/07/02/from-tree-living-to-tree-eating-human-ancestors-ate-bark/#comment-33551 ToothPick Sat, 07 Jul 2012 07:41:29 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=38155#comment-33551 Maybe they were using wooden toothpicks, or just liked chewing twigs for taste or relaxation or cleaning. Maybe they were using wooden toothpicks, or just liked chewing twigs for taste or relaxation or cleaning.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/07/02/from-tree-living-to-tree-eating-human-ancestors-ate-bark/#comment-33548 Bull Shirt Wed, 04 Jul 2012 08:40:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=38155#comment-33548 Adirondack is derived from the Mohawk Indian word atirú:taks, literally meaning “tree eaters". Adirondack is derived from the Mohawk Indian word atirú:taks, literally meaning “tree eaters”.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/07/02/from-tree-living-to-tree-eating-human-ancestors-ate-bark/#comment-33547 dcwarrior Tue, 03 Jul 2012 14:08:47 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=38155#comment-33547 Was there any evidence they were using their teeth to make tools rather than eating the wood? Was there any evidence they were using their teeth to make tools rather than eating the wood?

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