Cut marks on 1.6 million-year-old bones reveal early humans moved prized meat

There is an old adage that says, “you are what you eat,” meaning that the food you eat helps build your body and fuels your mind. The same is true today as ever. When it comes to early humans, studying what they ate and how they obtained high-quality foods, like meat, can help us understand how their brains evolved and how their social behaviors began to take shape.