Jim > But "edible" raw means to me that it's a PREFERRED food source raw
rather than a starvation item, that as a pre-neolithic person you'd choose
to put it on your table along with your game meat, wild berries, and such.

Todd > Well, this would tend to eliminate greens and herbs from the menu.

Maybe so.  Like fruit, greens and herbs were seasonal items at best.


Todd > For obvious reasons, paleo people would prefer calorically dense
foods, since the energy yield compared to the energy needed to get them is
greater.

While that's a good general rule, you're assuming scarcity which was not
common.  There was generally a great abundance of food available.  Scarcity
was increased exponentially by the neolithic revolution and its consequent
population explosions.