Did our ancient ancestors really need to eat mammoth?

Mammoths were woolly, most lived in cold climates with harsh winters. Not only did our ancestors require them for sustenance - as there is NOT enough plant matter to sustain life in winter - they needed animal hides to keep warm. read more

Eating meat is thought by some scientists to have been crucial to the evolution of our ancestors’ larger brains about two million years ago. By starting to eat calorie-dense meat and marrow instead of the low-quality plant diet of apes, our direct ancestor, Homo erectus, took in enough extra energy at each meal to help fuel a bigger brain. read more

In conclusion: What our ancestors did and did not eat may be an interesting starting point with regard to the generation of hypotheses in the search for “the optimal human diet,” but the proof is indeed in the testing via RCTs /nutritional genomics – and yes, the respective evidence base for Paleo (and especially Primal) eating is not exactly substantial as of yet. read more

Sure enough, most prosimians are (and likely were) carnivores. They eat and ate meat, BUT most of that meat comes from insects. And so if you are serious about eating a really old school paleo diet, if you mean to eat what our bodies evolved to eat in the “old” days, you really need to be eating more insects. read more