[HN Gopher] Hunter-gatherers were mostly gatherers, says archaeo...
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       Hunter-gatherers were mostly gatherers, says archaeologist
        
       Author : pseudolus
       Score  : 3 points
       Date   : 2024-01-24 22:12 UTC (49 minutes ago)
        
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       | Qem wrote:
       | > The evidence, from the remains of 24 individuals from two
       | burial sites in the Peruvian Andes dating to between 9,000 and
       | 6,500 years ago
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       | The findings are based on remains from people that lived post
       | megafauna extinction. I bet there are good odds the conclusion
       | would be different if those remains were from people that lived
       | during pleistocene, over 10.000 years ago, before people hunted
       | Glyptodons, Eremotherium and other big game to extinction.
        
         | proc0 wrote:
         | I wonder then if the start of carnivorous diet began around the
         | time humans are thought to have developed language (or more
         | specifically symbolic thinking and/or imagination), I think
         | 20,000 year ago?. Maybe that was the beginning of dominating
         | animals and realizing we can hunt with tools, or maybe there
         | was an abundance of meat and that fueled brain growth which
         | then allowed for symbolic thinking.
        
       | bell-cot wrote:
       | Um, yes? I wasn't aware that any competent professionals in this
       | area (vs., say, machismo wanna-be's pushing their Paleo Diet
       | fantasies on YouTube) believed otherwise.
        
       | sharadov wrote:
       | This is going to disappoint a lot of hunter/gatherer bros who
       | were pushing paleo diet theories on us..
        
       | matteoraso wrote:
       | This is incredibly obvious if you've ever foraged before. Plants
       | are everywhere and stay still while animals are rare to see and
       | constantly run around. You can also get a lot of calories from
       | nuts and grains, so it's not as if you're going to starve if you
       | go a week without catching an animal.
        
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