[Nathan Zachary]

"When our ape ancestors moved -- for reasons unknown -- onto the open, relatively treeless savannah, they left behind the rain forest and its abundance of fruit and leaves, the mainstays of modern chimpanzee diets."

Yes, that's what I would have done, left my warm place, full of food source and protection To live in a cold, treeless barren place, before my ability to think, reason, eat and digest these things "evolved".

Who funds these idiots?

[jpsb]

"Who funds these idiots? "

BUMP!

[Junior]

You obviously didn't read the article. Tubers and roots are also available in the forest -- so our ancestors were probably already eating them on a regular basis before moving out on the savannah, where they were more plentiful. Our ancestors were just taking advantage of an ecological niche.