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>it could be argued either way i think, and i dont know my own position
>really. But it seems that any tribes who had access to plants tended to eat
>quite a wide variety, if not a large amount of any one plant.
>the exception would be the Inuit and vikings, picts etc, due to the great
>cold, but even then they had some plants to eat during the warmer months.
>our northern european colleagues could comment on some of the plants they
>had access to, like cloudberries, angelica.
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>andrew
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Hunting plants is a heck of a lot easier then hunting meat. Also man
developed in a certain area, man will be adapted to foods there. Plants
can be gathered even by pregnant women and together with small children.
It would be a waste to NOT gather plants.
In nature nothing ever gets wasted.
Christy
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