That image of a caveman gnawing on a hunk of bison meat may need a makeover. A new chemical analysis of modern diets suggests Stone Age humans ate less meat than thought.
The findings, published in the November issue of the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, may explain why many archaeologists estimate that prehistoric people got most of their calories from lean meat or fish when modern humans would be literally poisoned by such a protein-heavy diet.
"When you look at estimates of people's diets in early archaeological interpretations, it's very animal-protein heavy, and that's very hard to explain physiologically," said study author Tamsin O'Connell, a University of Cambridge researcher. "We are suggesting that animal proteins were less important overall." [...] [More]
Actualización 07-11-12. Secretos de la dieta del hombre de las cavernas: menos carne y más vegetales
Los resultados, publicados en la edición de noviembre de la revista American Journal of Physical Anthropology, pueden explicar por qué muchos arqueólogos estiman que los hombres prehistóricos conseguían la mayor parte de sus calorías de la carne magra o del pescado cuando los humanos modernos estarían literalmente envenenados con semejante dieta tan rica en proteínas...
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