Paul Saladino· MD
what if plants are just fallback foods what if we're so ingenious in our evolution that we really only need to eat plants when we're starving if we can't get animals
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what if plants are just fallback foods what if we're so ingenious in our evolution that we really only need to eat plants when we're starving if we can't get animals
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I do think like you suggested our ancestors ate plants throughout our evolution my premise is that it really only happened most of the time when they were during times of starvation as major food staples