Exploring the Stone Age pantry
Thursday, December 17, 2009 - 14:42
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The consumption of wild cereals among prehistoric hunters and gatherers appears to be far more ancient than previously thought, according to a University of Calgary archaeologist who has found the oldest example of extensive reliance on cereal and root staples in the diet of early Homo sapiens more than 100,000 years ago.