Still may have lost a few from some bucking animal you were chasing after. Or your cousin chucking a rock at the *bird" he said he saw behind you.
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ShankShill@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks agoAncient humans had surprisingly good teeth. They weren’t soaked in acid and sugar.
SGforce@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
ikidd@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Until we got agriculture.
Triasha@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Not all. Pre industrial humans where I live ate a lot of slow roasted cactus. After 2 days buried with hot stones the cactus hearts were caramelized. I’ve tasted it prepared in the traditional manner and it’s just syrup in a leaf. Delicious, and I have no doubt it was great energy for people that had to walk miles every day.
Anyone that lived past 30 had their teeth rot right out of their head, according to the archiological record.
MintyFresh@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Depends on where they were and what they were eating. Humans are really amazing in that we can eat almost anything that’s not a straight up tree, and we’ve existed across the planet in just about every ecological niche. I remember reading somewhere they could estimate the age of desert burial/skeleton remains on how worn the teeth are due to the sand getting in the food. But I’m sure no processed sugar is pretty beneficial tho