Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 16:23:43 -0800 From: "Thomas E. Billings" [log in to unmask] Subject: termites in diet - article pointers The URLs below discuss interesting new evidence for the use of bone tools by Australopithecus (and/or early Homo genus) to collect termites for food. The first URL below includes close-up photos of the microwear on the bone fossils vs. test tools created by the researchers. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1119000/1119359.stm http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010116/sc/humans_dc_1.html Tom Billings http://www.beyondveg.com I ate some live lemon ants in the Amazon basin. Yummy :-)) Ellie http://homepages.nyu.edu/~er26 http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Sauna/2579 http://home.earthlink.net/~clearpathway http://www.egroups.com/group/depression-cause-cure
