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To: darkocean

The original human diet would have been plants, insects and lots of meat. Before humans hunted they would have scavanged. Especially they would have broken open the bones of large animals for marrow.


11 posted on 12/26/2005 9:36:44 PM PST by Hugin
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To: Hugin
The original human diet would have been plants, insects and lots of meat.

The ape/human digestive system is evolved for a vegetarian diet. Meat was added later and the addition of protein to the diet probably added to the eventual increase in brain size.

15 posted on 12/26/2005 10:57:05 PM PST by shuckmaster (An oak tree is an acorns way of making more acorns)
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