Fossil remains recently discovered in Ethiopia provide evidence that the evolutionary predecessors of humans were eating meat more than 2.5 million years ago. The subject hominid is a new species, and has been named 'Australopithecus garhi.' For information on the new discoveries, see: * MS-NBC news story: http://www.msnbc.com/news/261775.asp (scroll down to read entire story) * Related press releases from the University of California, Berkeley: http://media2.bmrc.berkeley.edu/projects/public_affairs/white http://www.urel.berkeley.edu/urel_1/CampusNews/PressReleases/releases/4-19-1999z.html * And the detailed articles in Science magazine: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/284/5414/625 http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/284/5414/629 Tom Billings