Strict plant-based diets lack the caloric density to produce a surplus, while strict meat-based diets result in periods of famine between feasts, preventing the generation of the consistent caloric surplus necessary to support energetically expensive traits like large brains and extended childhood.

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  To Follow the Real Early Human Diet, Eat Everything

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