How is it that 2000 years ago humans ate handfuls of berries

>>8372602
Meat.

>>8372602
evolution. as more food became available, people with larger stomachs were at an evolutionary advantage, and thus more likely to reproduce.

>>8372602
"survive"

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>>8372606
>>8372606
>2000 years ago
>the speed of the evolution insinuated in this post

>>8372604
Bullshit. In the old times meat was scarce as FUCK and probably enjoyed only a few times a month if even that. Fish is an exception, but still definitely not eaten every single day, unless you had all of your tribesmen fishing all day long.

The actual answer is fire. Cooking the roots and vegetables lets our body digest them much more efficiently. Our ancestors did not survive on handfuls of berries and grass. In fact, our brain has been this large for about 30.000 years, and the brain hogs up so much of our net energy.

>>8372602
2000 years ago people died when they were 30 or 40, now we can get easily to 75, that's because of our Dieting...

>>8372602
>How is it that 2000 years ago humans ate handfuls of berries and grass

They didn't.

>>8372629
No, that's because of child morality not taking down the averages.

>>8372602
People were manlets with efficient metabolisms instead of fat giants who consume mostly luxury foods in excess.

The problem with our consumption today is not need but want.

>>8372755
Fucking this. How is it that it took 7 replies to get to the right answer?