Unfortunately, that was not the view of the palaeoanthropologist in question. He specifically stated in another answer,

 that there was such a variety of different "palaeolithic diets" that it wasn't possible to give a definitive answer re whether palaeodiet was zero-carb or whatever. 

 

 

. That makes sense. I mean, other than Arctic climates, there was enough plant-food around. And the last Ice Age not only had warm periods inbetween, but the average temperature of the colder parts was only 6-7 degrees less than nowadays, so places like India etc. would have had plenty of fruit etc.

 

And there's now sufficient evidence in the past decade re plant-food-consumption in the Palaeolithic:-

 

http://www.springerlink.com/content/u386383180288602/

 

As shown above, the amount of plant-foods consumed as part of the diet jumps steadily as one goes closer to the equator.

 

Geoff





> Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 07:08:43 -0400
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Paleo Diet offers the net-base balance needed
> To: [log in to unmask]
> 
> Geoffrey Purcell wrote:
> > 
> > When I last contacted a palaeoanthropologist and asked him about the
> > Palaeolithic diet, he stated that, given the evidence, there was a
> > very wide variety of animals being hunted around the world, some
> > small, some large, some lean, some fatty, etc.
> > 
> > so that it was impossible to give a definitive answer as to what the
> > palaeolithic diet truly is, given the wide variety of foods involved.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> From the palaeoanthropologist's answer, I would have assumed that the 
> palaeolithic diet truly is meat.
> 
> William

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