New Nature Ecology and Evolution study uses zinc isotope analysis of tooth enamel to reveal Sri Lankan people's plant consumption increased millennia before agriculture 20,000 years ago.
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Sri Lanka teeth reveal rising plant diets thousands of years before agriculture

Zinc Isotope Analysis research method
20,000-3,000 Years Ago timespan
20,000 Years dietary shift
3,000 before agriculture
60% ancient consumption