I am reading the book The Horse, The Wheel, and Language, about the spread of Indo European languages in prehistoric times.
It is written by an archaeologist, and in the books he outlines many prehistoric societies from Europe and gives great detail about their diet. Different societies which indeed lived side by side around 5,000 BC had drastically different diets. Some societies had already adopted agriculture, while people just nearby were still living on nearly 100% meat and fish.
Apparently, around 5,000 BC, agriculture still had not become totally commonplace throughout Europe. And I personally had always imagined that even pre-agricultural peoples had a good amount of wild plants in their diet.
But according to this book, in some parts of Europe, many people at a nearly 100% meat/fish diet up to only a few thousand years ago.
I have no idea how healthy this is, but this is interesting to hear nonetheless, as commercial "paleo" diet mythology heavily emphasizes vegetables as something our ancestors naturally ate.
Indeed, as I learn more about divergent societies, it seems the dietary message is really that we are omnivores and opportunists. I
I wonder if there are people here who have actually tried a 100% meat and fish diet. This would certainly be expensive.
It is written by an archaeologist, and in the books he outlines many prehistoric societies from Europe and gives great detail about their diet. Different societies which indeed lived side by side around 5,000 BC had drastically different diets. Some societies had already adopted agriculture, while people just nearby were still living on nearly 100% meat and fish.
Apparently, around 5,000 BC, agriculture still had not become totally commonplace throughout Europe. And I personally had always imagined that even pre-agricultural peoples had a good amount of wild plants in their diet.
But according to this book, in some parts of Europe, many people at a nearly 100% meat/fish diet up to only a few thousand years ago.
I have no idea how healthy this is, but this is interesting to hear nonetheless, as commercial "paleo" diet mythology heavily emphasizes vegetables as something our ancestors naturally ate.
Indeed, as I learn more about divergent societies, it seems the dietary message is really that we are omnivores and opportunists. I
I wonder if there are people here who have actually tried a 100% meat and fish diet. This would certainly be expensive.