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Nature 400, 219-220 (15 July 1999) | doi:10.1038/22227

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Human evolution:  We are what we ate

Bernard Wood1 & Alison Brooks1

Much of evolutionary history involves the fine-tuning of variations on a common theme. But every now and again significant innovations (known as grade shifts) occur, forming the basis for the next phase of evolutionary activity.

  1. Bernard Wood and Alison Brooks are in the Department of Anthropology, George Washington University, Washington DC 20052, USA.
    e-mail: Email: bwood@gwu.edu