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Diet is a fundamental driver of human evolution, as evidenced by the role of meat consumption in ancestral development [1] and the use of dietary analysis to understand hominin ecology [2]. Furthermore, the concept of an evolutionary-based diet is a subject of modern health research, which directly links dietary choices to the biological history of human evolution [3].
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A Twist on Paleo: Eat What Your Family Ate—500 Years Ago nationalgeographic.com 1 fact
accountBiologist Stephen Le began researching the relationship between diet and health after his mother passed away from breast cancer in 2010, leading him to question whether a diet based on human evolution was optimal for long-term health.
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claimKnowledge of the diets of extinct hominin species is central to understanding their ecology and human evolution.
How do we know what they ate? - The Australian Museum australian.museum 1 fact
claimThe inclusion of meat in the diet provided human ancestors with increased protein, fat, and energy levels, marking a turning point in human evolution.