Research shows early primates liked sugar-heavy diets
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New research from the University of Otago shows our early primate ancestors were just like us.
Analysis of tooth chipping patterns and cavities on 29-million-year-old Egyptian fossils suggests the monkeys and apes of the time liked a sugar-heavy diet - eating mostly soft, ripe fruits. It's a taste that has lasted through the years to humans today.
Lead author Ian Towle spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.