Nutrients in food vital to location of early human settlements: The original 'Palaeo-diet'

Eurekalert ^ | December 10, 2013 | Peter Franklin

[SunkenCiv]

Over 50 nutrients are needed to sustain human life. In particular, it would have been essential for early humans to find sources of protein, fats, carbohydrates, folic acid and vitamin C. The researchers suggest vitamins and protein may have come from sources such as raw liver, eggs, fish and plants, including watercress (which grows year round). Fats in particular, may have come from bone marrow, beaver tails and highly nutritious eels.

The nutritional diversity of these sites allowed hominins to colonise the Atlantic fringe of north west Europe during warm periods of the Pleistocene. These sites permitted the repeated occupation of this marginal area from warmer climate zones further south

[SunkenCiv]

full title: "Nutrients in food vital to location of early human settlements: The original 'Palaeo-diet'"

[GraceG]

[ Fats in particular, may have come from bone marrow, beaver tails and highly nutritious eels. ]

Paging lazmataz.....

[SunkenCiv]

Good choice for the weekly Digest ping.

[Standing Wolf]

I just about forgot: Sunday is Double Double Dessert Dessert Day! Don’t let America down!

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ping

[SunkenCiv]

[Graewoulf]

Thank Thank You You !!

[Rodamala]

Weston A. Price Foundation pingworthy... but I dunno if there is even a WAPF pinglist.

[cripplecreek]

Salt is vital.

[Paladin2]

Isn’t that doubly redundant?

[Paladin2]

Local Global warming is vital too (for large populations).

[EEGator]

Isn’t beaver tails redundant?

[GOP Poet]

bookmark

[cripplecreek]

Cold climates produced warrior societies.

[Nervous Tick]

>> The researchers suggest...

They suggest, eh? But they don’t know? Why are we paying them? They shouldn’t produce a report until they can do better than “suggest”.

Why, when I was their age...

[Nervous Tick]

>> Cold climates produced warrior societies.

And inventors!

Warm climates produced... nah, nevermind, they’d just yank the post.

[Paladin2]

Read Kabloona.

[bboop]

I didn’t read this, but didn’t the Cave Men live to 30 or something?

[headstamp 2]

EEL, its what’s for dinner.

[OldNewYork]

There should be. I’d be on it.