Peru’s Wilamaya Patjxa archaeological site provided human remains showing that the diets of early people of the Andes were primarily composed of plant materials.Photograph: Randy Haas
Posted on 02/02/2024 2:01:01 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Early human hunter-gatherers ate mostly plants and vegetables, according to archeological findings that undermine the commonly held view that our ancestors lived on a high protein, meat-heavy diet.
The evidence, from the remains of 24 individuals from two burial sites in the Peruvian Andes dating to between 9,000 and 6,500 years ago, suggests that wild potatoes and other root vegetables may have been a dominant source of nutrition before the shift to an agricultural lifestyle...
Some have previously suggested that the shift to agricultural economies was driven by over-hunting, but the latest findings raise the possibility of a more gradual transition from foraging to farming.
The study focused on remains taken from the Wilamaya Patjxa and Soro Mik’aya Patjxa burial sites, which are about a mile apart in the Andes mountains. The scientists analysed the bones, comparing the chemical forms of carbon and nitrogen with those found in local plants and animals. The analysis suggested that plant foods comprised the majority of the individuals’ diets, with meat playing a secondary role.
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Peru’s Wilamaya Patjxa archaeological site provided human remains showing that the diets of early people of the Andes were primarily composed of plant materials.Photograph: Randy Haas
Veganazi BS.
Ancient hunting tools found in Mexican cave
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2024/01/ancient-hunting-tools-found-in-mexican-cave/150350
Gathering is a lot easier than hunting.
If you can kill it you can eat it
Hunter mainly gathers this plant:
I used to love watching “Survivorman” with Les Stroud. He made it very clear in his episodes (surviving 7 days alone) that it was very difficult to hunt and kill something, and one’s time is better spent harvesting the easy stuff.
Of course it depends on the climate and location. Trying to live off of plant life in a northern forest is a lot different than South America.
BS
“The evidence, from the remains of 24 individuals from two burial sites in the Peruvian Andes”
The Peruvian Andes are high altitude, they have very few protein/meat sources which is why they raise and keep Guinea Pigs (”cuy”) running around their places of living to eat.
This special situation of high altitude is hardly normative for humans in general of this era
So this one site PROVES what was happening everywhere in the world, eh?
Boy science is really creditable lately.
Exactly so. They balance out the Inuit of 10,000 years ago, who lived almost entirely off of hunting and fishing.
Gather your bugs, and eat hearty!
Guardian mis-reports what the researchers found to fit the Guardian’s agenda.
Seems like there was a smaller variety of animules in South America compared to Africa.
you got it.
BBC did long segment on this recently. we were vegans and we can be again was the message. not even coastal communities ate fish or other seafood.
just more “climate” propaganda.
Depends on the environment. If you can gather more calories and avoid strenuous & dangerous hunting, that's what you'll do. If it's the dead of winter during the Ice Age, you'll hunt or starve.
hunter gatherers in russia during the paleolithic made their homes out of mammoth bones.
They probably ate the meat first.
What about bugs?
“Gathering is a lot easier than hunting.”
Have you ever tried gathering 2,000 calories every day for a week?
Hunting is more work but the caloric payoff is orders of magnitude greater.
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