Dispensary Corner 09 Jul 14
July 9, 2014
INTERESTING research...
No need for vitamins for
Neanderthals - analysis of the
oldest reported sample of human
faeces has suggested they did
indeed eat their vegetables.
Apparently, an archaeological
dig in Spain found the “ancient
excrement”, as the BBC put it,
showed chemical traces of meat
and vegetables.
The research is published in
PLOS One and draws on ‘samples’
from the remnants of a 50,000
year old campfire (thankfully,
lead researcher Ainara Sistiaga
told the publication that the fire
was “not active at the moment
of deposit”) that were analysed
at Massachusetts Institute of
Technology.
Sistiaga said the analysis showed
although the predominant food
of Neanderthals was meat, the
sample suggested a “significant
intake” of plants, the BBC said.
Homo sapiens and Neanderthals
share a common ancestor,
according to research published
in Nature.
To read the research, CLICK
HERE.
POSSIBLY not recommended.
You may not want to
recommend this diet to your
customers, but pet shop owner
Dorothy Hunter in Washington
has said she will eat nothing but
cat and dog food for a month to
prove how nutritious it is, the
Tri-City Herald reported - whether
she wolfs it down is another story.
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