According to George Armelagos, approximately 2 million years ago, early hominid ancestors experienced a decrease in the length of the large intestine and an increase in the length of the small intestine, which forced a reliance on high-density foods.

Authors

• Person: Juliann Schaeffer Organization: Today’s Dietitian
  Evolutionary Eating — What We Can Learn From Our Primitive Past

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• Evolutionary Eating — What We Can Learn From Our Primitive Past www.todaysdietitian.com Juliann Schaeffer · Today’s Dietitian via serper

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• small intestine concept
• large intestine concept
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