Ancient Andean People Had A Plant-Based Diet And Were Not Hunter-Gatherers
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Have scientists used the wrong term when referring to early humans as hunter-gatherers? According to new groundbreaking research, the answer is “yes,” at least when discussing people living in the Andes of South America who had a plant-based diet. Ancient Andean people had a plant-based diet, a new study reveals. […]
Early Humans In The Paleolithic Age Had A More Varied Diet Than Previously ᴀssumed
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A team of researchers can now show that early humans of the Middle Paleolithic had a more varied diet than previously ᴀssumed. The analysis of a site in the Zagros Mountains in Iran reveals that about 81,000 to 45,000 years ago, the local hominins hunted ungulates as well as tortoises […]
The Real Paleo Diet: New Archaeological Evidence Changes What We Thought About How Ancient Humans Prepared Food
AncientPages.com – We humans can’t stop playing with our food. Just think of all the different ways of serving potatoes—entire books have been written about potato recipes alone. The restaurant industry was born from our love of flavouring food in new and interesting ways. Ancient cavemen people sit near a campfire. Credit: Adobe Stock – […]
Neanderthals: How A Carnivore Diet May Have Led To Their Demise
AncientPages.com – Imagine that you have an unhealthy interest in your neighbors’ lives. Unable to ask them directly, you rifle through their rubbish bins. You find the bones of cooked chickens and try and work out what else they eat. This is a bit like how archaeologists study the diets of extinct humans such as the Neanderthals […]
Did Ancient Humans Eat A Paleo Diet?
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Cave paintings from the Lascaux complex in France to Ubirr in Australia have one characteristic in common—they depict hunters and their prey. Very few of our Paleolithic ancestors seemed interested in doing still-life paintings of fruit and veg. Which is a shame, given that they would almost certainly have eaten […]
2,000-Year-Old Teeth Reveal The Diet Of An Iron Age Woman
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Researchers studying the teeth of an elderly woman who lived 2,000 years ago have charted her diet from infancy to just before her death. The work, conducted at the British Geological Survey’s isotope facility by researchers at the University of York, has provided more insight into the lifestyle of Iron […]
Scythians Were Not Always Nomadic Warriors Of The Pontic Steppe In Black Sea Region
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Scythians have long been presented as highly mobile nomadic warriors. They lived across the Pontic steppe around 700-200 BC and posed a great economic risk to growing Mediterranean empires from the Iron Age into the Classical period. In 2019, an intact grave of a Scythian warrior has been unearthed […]