How did humans discover crabs were edible?

The threat of starvation compelled early man to eat all sorts of things he may never have tried before. If he died as a result of eating something new, the rest of the village would make a mental note to avoid whatever it was. read more

Good conjecture - from Mr Worsham - along those lines suspect that crab and other crustaceans were caught along with fish in early man's primitive fish traps if on a given day there were no fish in the trap but rather crab in the traps - they went on the menu. read more

Early humans were beachcombers who lived by the warm seas of East Africa and ate oysters, mussels and crabs. An archaeological find, on the Eritrean coast, has produced the earliest evidence to show that man may have first colonised the world by migrating along beaches. read more