![]() It could also have been some ancient hominins who did the killing and butchering, with the big cat scavenging whatever was left on the bones. The shin bone’s owner might have been killed by a large cat who chewed on the leg for a bit. Having these animal bites in the mix suggest multiple whodunit theories. Two other marks appear to be animal in origin, specifically a large cat saber-toothed in appearance related to present-day lions. ![]() Pobiner, who studies the evolution of the human diet, originally studied the fossilized tibia - gathering dust in Kenya’s Nairobi National Museum – to understand how ancient animals preyed upon our ancestors, believing the cut marks were from a predator or scavenger.īut a 3D analysis of the cut marks, 11 in total, conducted by co-authors Michael Pante of Colorado State University and Trevor Keevil of Purdue University revealed nine of the marks were the result of stone tools early humans would have been capable of creating and using. ![]() View the hominin tibia and magnified area showing cut marks the scale is four centimeters.
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