Diet: A Short History

Human evolution has been a gradual process over millions of years, from our earliest ancestors that diverged from other primates over four to seven million years ago, to the modern Homo sapiens of today. We first begin to bear some semblance to the modern human as Homo habilis and H. erectus 2-3 million years ago, with rudimentary practices that characterize distinctly human behaviours such hunting and gathering, using spears and stone tools, and according to anthropologist Richard Wrangham, the control and use of fire.