Quotes from Earth.com, January 28, 2024
By Eric Ralls
Contrary to the common belief that our ancient ancestors relied mostly on hunting animals for food, new studies suggest a different reality.
A new research led by Randy Haas, an assistant professor at the University of Wyoming, shows that our ancient ancestors ate very differently than we thought.
People used to think that early humans were mainly hunter-gatherers, but this idea is changing, especially for the ancient groups in the South American Andes.
The results indicate that a better term for them would be “gatherer-hunters.”
Diets of early humans by new research
Haas and his colleagues from different well-known organizations studied carefully the bones of people who were buried in two places in Peru: Wilamaya Patjxa and Soro Mik’aya Patjxa.
The research found that the ancient people in the Andes ate mostly plants, about 80 percent, and only a little meat, about 20 percent. This is different from the old idea that early humans mainly ate meat.
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