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- Neanderthal hunting of large game in high-latitude Europe was likely supplemented by the consumption of carbohydrates and fats from plant foods, particularly during late winter when animal prey had lower body fat content.
- Carbohydrates spare protein more efficiently than fat under conditions of marginal calorie, protein, or glucose intake, making plant foods a more efficient substitute for fatty animals despite the higher processing requirements (Speth and Spielmann 1983).
- Plant foods, particularly carbohydrates, served as an efficient energy resource and were a key component of hominin diets, challenging the stereotype that Paleolithic diets were primarily meat-based.
- Hominin diets required considerable amounts of plant foods to provide necessary fats and carbohydrates, except in specific, mostly recent circumstances like arctic living or pastoralism.
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The role of Plant Foods in the evolution and Dispersal of early Humans kernsverlag.com 4 facts
claimNeanderthal hunting of large game in high-latitude Europe was likely supplemented by the consumption of carbohydrates and fats from plant foods, particularly during late winter when animal prey had lower body fat content.
claimCarbohydrates spare protein more efficiently than fat under conditions of marginal calorie, protein, or glucose intake, making plant foods a more efficient substitute for fatty animals despite the higher processing requirements (Speth and Spielmann 1983).
claimPlant foods, particularly carbohydrates, served as an efficient energy resource and were a key component of hominin diets, challenging the stereotype that Paleolithic diets were primarily meat-based.
claimHominin diets required considerable amounts of plant foods to provide necessary fats and carbohydrates, except in specific, mostly recent circumstances like arctic living or pastoralism.