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Raw Paleo Diet Forums => Science => Topic started by: TylerDurden on February 03, 2015, 01:31:39 am

Title: Yet another bizarre Neanderthal extinction theory
Post by: TylerDurden on February 03, 2015, 01:31:39 am
This one tries to claim that Neanderthals could not digest tubers like modern humans so died out, a highly unlikely notion:-

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2936265/Did-Neanderthals-die-weak-jaws-Ancient-cousins-lacked-genes-chew-digest-tough-starchy-foods-study-reveals.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2936265/Did-Neanderthals-die-weak-jaws-Ancient-cousins-lacked-genes-chew-digest-tough-starchy-foods-study-reveals.html)

It is also praising cooked food diets a la Wrangham. Utter nonsense.