Leafy greens first dished up 3,500 years ago [West Africa]

EurekAlert! ^ | January 28, 2022 | Goethe University

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[Magnum44]

Very interesting...

[AAABEST]

This article cannot be suggesting that the “dawn” of humans eating leafy greens was only 3,500 years ago.

That’d be dumb.

[Americannae1362]

So Africans ate different plants 3,500 years ago.
That is so amazing, I’m just speechless...........

[SunkenCiv]

Hey, never rule out stupidity!

[SunkenCiv]

There’s still no archaeological evidence for the dawn off pancakes though.

[frank ballenger]

A few digs have turned up new tombs and other relics. Maybe another layer down will be the earliest IHOP buildings.

Nov., 2021 story:....uncovered the tomb of Batah-M-Woya, who was chief treasurer in the time of King Ramses II. The tomb is located in Saqqara, a huge necropolis south of Cairo....

[SunkenCiv]

Yup. Figures he’d have a nice tomb, eh?

https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4010614/posts

[M Kehoe]

Not only were the Africans eating leafy vegetables/herbs 3500 years ago, they were also smoking them.

I have a Delorean, that’s how I know.

5.56mm

[SunkenCiv]

And watch Biden take that away, what a jerk.

[FlingWingFlyer]

You’d eat “leafy greens” too if you were competing with saber-toothed tigers for some meat.

[SunkenCiv]

These scientists are way off. These ancient humans ate all meat, all the time, but when the large predators of the time showed up, the humans pooped out vegetables. I think we all would.

[outofsalt]

"There’s still no archaeological evidence for the dawn off pancakes though."

Which came first? The pancake or the syrup?

[Covenantor]

So the Nok peoples have a long history of being lousy hunters.

Are researchers suggesting the Nok invented the salad bar?

[SunkenCiv]

Nope, the salad bar was first made possible by Julius Caesar, best known for inventing salad dressing.

[SunkenCiv]

I ordered them with Jemima, but I guess the waitress misunderstood me, because she started screaming obscenities. Oh, wait, this isn't IHOP, it's Tourette's Syndrome Cafe.

[Covenantor]

LOL

well played sir, well played.

[webheart]

Giving credit where credit is due? Not only was mathematics and writing invented in Africa, but also eating cooked green vegetables. Wonderful things we learn every day.

[dfwgator]

You’d eat “leafy greens” too if you were competing with saber-toothed tigers for some meat.

A Tiger? In Africa?