Wild Foods in Agricultural Systems.

Posted on May 28, 2015 by Dr. Gary Pack

Wild plants and animals were used in the distant past as a primary food source. This has changed radically for most societies. However, in 22 countries in Asia and Africa, wild foods are still used. From 300-800 species are found and used in such countries as India, Ethiopia and Kenya. The pressure for development in […]

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Conditions: Industrialization, Malnutrition

Foods: Insects, Maize, Rice, Wheat, Wild animals, Wild cereals, Wild fish, Wild fungi, Wild greens, Wild meat, Wild plants

Miscellaneous: Africa, Asia, Biodiversity, Ethiopia, Farmers, Herbicides, Hunter-gatherers, Income, India, Kenya, Nomads, Thailand

Intestinal Contents of a Neolithic Glacier Mummy.

Posted on February 17, 2009 by Dr. Gary Pack

Otzi, or the Tyrolean Iceman, is a 5,000 year old mummy found in a Neolithic glacier. He was found at 3,200 meters above sea level in the Alps in 1991. He is considered to be a Neolithic hunter/warrior. An attempt was made to determine the diet of this Neolithic man. The large and small intestinal […]

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Foods: Cereal grains, Milk, Red deer, Wild cereals

Miscellaneous: Air, Hunter-gatherer diet, Neolithic diet

Diet at the Onset of Neolithic.

Posted on December 28, 2006 by Dr. Gary Pack

The purpose of this study was to determine whether the switch from a marine-based to a terrestrial diet in Britain during the Neolithic period occurred suddenly or slowly (over a millennium). This shift occurred between 5,200 and 4,500 years ago. Richards measured stable carbon isotopes of ancient bones to study dietary patterns of the past. […]

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Conditions: Autoimmune disease, Cancer, Chronic diseases

Foods: Fish, Wild cereals

Miscellaneous: Archaeology, Britain, Hunter-gatherer diet, Lifestyle, Marine diet, Neolithic diet, Paleolithic diet, Terrestial diet

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