Don Wiss wrote:

> It all depends on where the couple of specimans were from. According to
> optimal foraging theory man will go for what gives him the most food for
> the effort expended. In the tropics it will be fruits, etc. In the far
> north it will be mostly meat. If by the sea it will be fish.
>
Waht would be "optimal foraging" in the area where the species "human"
developed - out of  primate predecessors?
In the savannah, for 1-2 mio years?
Optimal foraging would be digging out tubers - they are plenty, nutritious.
Or harvesting tree and bush fruits - nuts.Accessible to upright walking
primates with stones to smash the shells.
Maybe brains of leftover skulls from predator kills - if walking long
distances in the savannah  could count as "optimal".
What do you think?

Amadeus