A taphonomic perspective on the archaeology of human origins. Focusing on a single point in our evolution would be futile. No one is arguing that diet is less than extremely important to health and well-being, but seemingly everyone is arguing as to what constitutes the best diet. Different studies in different settings with different methodologies that come to similar results on the same question give a reasonably good indication that there’s a link between a particular diet and a certain health outcome. You have free article s left. The utilization of food materials by all living things is described in nutrition, and specific biochemical processes are described in metabolism. In many areas of medicine, the randomized controlled trial is considered the gold standard for evidence. Submit Feedback. Journal of Human Evolution 48,
This page has been archived and is no longer updated. The strongest evidence for meat and marrow eating are butchery marks found on bones. Slicing meat off a bone with a sharp-edged tool can leave cut marks Figure 1. Pounding a bone with a large stone to break it open and extract the marrow inside can leave percussion marks. Scientists began to recognize these butchery marks on Early Stone Age fossil assemblages in the s e. Experimental and prehistoric evidence for human chewing on bones has only recently begun to be explored e. Figure 1 a 1.
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