Is eating like our ancestors good for us?
<p><span word="Today">Today</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="tell">tell</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="evidence">evidence</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="humans">humans</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="meat">meat</span>-<span word="eaters">eaters</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="earlier">earlier</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="scientists">scientists</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="thought">thought</span>. <span word="We">We</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="tell">tell</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="ancient">ancient</span> <span word="relative">relative</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="humans">humans</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="probably">probably</span> <span word="avoided">avoided</span> <span word="meat">meat</span>. <span word="And">And</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="report">report</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="diet">diet</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="say">say</span> <span word="copies">copies</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="diet">diet</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="ancient">ancient</span> <span word="ancestors">ancestors</span>.</p><p><span word="At">At</span> <span word="least">least</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="million">million</span> <span word="five">five</span> <span word="hundred">hundred</span> <span word="thousand">thousand</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="ago">ago</span>, <span word="humans">humans</span> <span word="ate">ate</span> <span word="meat">meat</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="part">part</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="daily">daily</span> <span word="diet">diet</span>. <span word="That">That</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="big">big</span> <span word="news">news</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="archeologists">archeologists</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="evidence">evidence</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="fossilized">fossilized</span> <span word="remains">remains</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="young">young</span> <span word="child">child</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="skull">skull</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="fossils">fossils</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="recovered">recovered</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Olduvai">Olduvai</span> <span word="Gorge">Gorge</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Tanzania">Tanzania</span>.</p><p><span word="Manuel">Manuel</span> <span word="Dominguez">Dominguez</span>-<span word="Rodrigo">Rodrigo</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Spain">Spain</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Complutense">Complutense</span> <span word="University">University</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="searching">searching</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="clues">clues</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="humans">humans</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="twenty">twenty</span> <span word="years">years</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="digging">digging</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Olduvai">Olduvai</span> <span word="Gorge">Gorge</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="thousand">thousand</span> <span word="six">six</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="earlier">earlier</span> <span word="studied">studied</span> <span word="fossils">fossils</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="famous">famous</span> <span word="British">British</span> <span word="archeologist">archeologist</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="anthropologist">anthropologist</span> <span word="Mary">Mary</span> <span word="Leakey">Leakey</span>.</p><p>"<span word="There">There</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="increasing">increasing</span> <span word="amount">amount</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="evidence">evidence</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="humans">humans</span> -- <span word="pretty">pretty</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="million">million</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="ago">ago</span> -- <span word="were">were</span> <span word="eating">eating</span> <span word="meat">meat</span>. <span word="And">And</span> <span word="archeologists">archeologists</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="past">past</span> <span word="fifty">fifty</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="debating">debating</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="main">main</span> <span word="questions">questions</span>. <span word="One">One</span>: <span word="was">was</span> <span word="meat">meat</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="important">important</span> <span word="element">element</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="diet">diet</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="hominins">hominins</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="complimentary">complimentary</span> <span word="element">element</span>, <span word="like">like</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="might">might</span> <span word="see">see</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="modern">modern</span> <span word="chimpanzees">chimpanzees</span>, <span word="for">for</span> <span word="instance">instance</span>? <span word="And">And</span> <span word="question">question</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="is">is</span>, <span word="whether">whether</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="important">important</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="not">not</span>, <span word="how">how</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="acquire">acquire</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="meat">meat</span>? <span word="Did">Did</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="hunt">hunt</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="animals">animals</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="eating">eating</span>? <span word="Did">Did</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="scavenge">scavenge</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="animals">animals</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="eating">eating</span>?"</p><p><span word="Archeologists">Archeologists</span> <span word="learned">learned</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="digging">digging</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="humans">humans</span> <span word="ate">ate</span> <span word="meat">meat</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="two">two</span>-<span word="point">point</span>-<span word="six">six</span> <span word="million">million</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="ago">ago</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="few">few</span> <span word="knife">knife</span> <span word="marks">marks</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="bone">bone</span> <span word="fragments">fragments</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="unclear">unclear</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="often">often</span> <span word="meat">meat</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="eaten">eaten</span>.</p>
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