A new study looking at the evolutionary history of the human oral microbiome shows that Neanderthals and ancient humans adapted to eating starch-rich foods as far back as 100,000 years ago, which is much earlier than previously thought.
The findings also push back on the idea that Neanderthals were top carnivores, given that the “brain requires glucose as a nutrient source and meat alone is not a sufficient source,” Warinner said.
We’ve got top carnivores working on this thing. Top. Carnivores.
Oh look, more evidence that the paleo diet is bullshit at all levels
From the article:
… early humans were able to tap into in the form of roots, starchy vegetables, and seeds.
These foods are all allowed and even encouraged on the paleo diet.
If anything, by limiting the list of starch sources to these foods, this article adds support for paleo.