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Originally Posted by Canadianman
The steak and vegetables is what we have eaten dinner the beginning of time, not bread.
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I hate these since the beginning of time arguments.
Physiologically humans have changed considerably over the last few thousand years. The digestive response to some foods included. That not withstanding There is evidence that Homo Erectus had a diet that included grains.
The reason why people believe that meat was such an important part of prehistoric diets is because evidence for meat consumption preserves much better in the archaeological record.
From the year 10,000 BCE to present grain has been one of the most important sources of food energy for nearly all parts of the world with the exceptions of circumpolar populations.