AI identifies leopards as predators of Homo habilis in Tanzania

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AI analysis of Homo habilis fossils indicates leopards, not an unidentified carnivore, consumed these early human ancestors. The AI system, trained on modern carnivore bite marks, identified leopard tooth marks on the jaws of OH7 and OH65, found in Tanzania. This finding revises previous theories about predation on Homo habilis, suggesting leopards were responsible for the ravaging of these 1.8 to 1.85 million-year-old fossils.


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