---
title: "early - IVU - International Vegetarian Union"
description: "The IVU is a growing global network of independent organizations which are promoting vegetarianism worldwide."
url: "https://ivu.org/?view=category&id=56"
date: "2026-11-06T04:35:16+00:00"
language: "en-GB"
---

early

 [ ![What did our ancestors eat?](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/banners/history-early-ancestors.png) ](https://ivu.org/?view=article&id=2420:history-early-ancestors&catid=56)

## [What did our ancestors eat?](https://ivu.org/?view=article&id=2420:history-early-ancestors&catid=56)

Introduction -- Time Scale -- Human Descent -- Ramapithecines -- Australopithecines -- Homo Habilis -- Homo Erectus -- Neandertha…

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 [ ![Vegetarianism and Archaeology](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/banners/history-early-archaeology.png) ](https://ivu.org/?view=article&id=2421:history-early-archaeology&catid=56)

## [Vegetarianism and Archaeology](https://ivu.org/?view=article&id=2421:history-early-archaeology&catid=56)

from The Vegetarian, September/October 1988, published by The Vegetarian Society UK: Derek Wall, B.Sc., studied archaeology at th…

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 [ ![The Diet of Early Humans](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/banners/history-early-index.png) ](https://ivu.org/?view=article&id=2422:history-early-index&catid=56)

## [The Diet of Early Humans](https://ivu.org/?view=article&id=2422:history-early-index&catid=56)

Omnivorous or Vegetarian? - What famous naturalists think about it. by Professor Luis Vallejo Rodríguez (EVU News 1996) Deutsch: …

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## Schema

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