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Bernie
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Pbwalther wrote:
>>Well, for much of human history people were lean indeed on
>>a diet of
>> > >complex carbs, mainly in the form of grains,
>> > >vegetables and very little animal protein. It is quite
>> > >easy to have a diet like that and be quite lean.
>> > humans only started eating grains when we learned to
>> > cultivate. we did not evolve eating grains.
>>
>>
>>But how long has cultivation been around? This is not a
>>new technology or anything and the planet wasnt overall
>>fat a 100 to 200 years ago.
>>
>>
>Cultivation is believed to have started near the fertile
>crescent. I believe that it happened about 7,000 years ago.
>Cultivation spread from that place and in some cases, like
>mesoamerica, it seems to have been discovered
>independently.
>
Cultivation is just an efficient way to amass a lot of
seeds. Wasn't it done because seeds were always an important
food? Our teeth and guts say we are seed eaters from way
back before cultivation. (Grain and locusts... yum!!) Bernie
>>Well, for much of human history people were lean indeed on
>>a diet of
>> > >complex carbs, mainly in the form of grains,
>> > >vegetables and very little animal protein. It is quite
>> > >easy to have a diet like that and be quite lean.
>> > humans only started eating grains when we learned to
>> > cultivate. we did not evolve eating grains.
>>
>>
>>But how long has cultivation been around? This is not a
>>new technology or anything and the planet wasnt overall
>>fat a 100 to 200 years ago.
>>
>>
>Cultivation is believed to have started near the fertile
>crescent. I believe that it happened about 7,000 years ago.
>Cultivation spread from that place and in some cases, like
>mesoamerica, it seems to have been discovered
>independently.
>
Cultivation is just an efficient way to amass a lot of
seeds. Wasn't it done because seeds were always an important
food? Our teeth and guts say we are seed eaters from way
back before cultivation. (Grain and locusts... yum!!) Bernie