"[The transition from Australopithecus to Homo] marked the shift from hominins that depend heavily on plants to ones that depend more on meat… Being a good predator is a general feature of our genus."
— Extinction

January 1, 1970

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Felisa Smith, quoted by Ed Yong for "In a Few Centuries, Cows Could Be the Largest Land Animals Left," The Atlantic (April 19, 2018)