Ancient Farm Discovery Yields Clues to Maya Diet

The ancient Maya cultivated crops of manioc—also known as cassava—some 1,400 years ago, according to archaeologists studying a Maya farm preserved in volcanic ash.

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Meeting demand for Ancient Grains

Topic: Grains Interest in ‘ancient’ grains like quinoa, sorghum and teff has soared, not least because of their gluten-free quality. That means expanding supply to keep up with demand. Some companies supplying ingredients for the manufacture of gluten-free foods have turned to ancient grains for inspiration – especially since they tend to have high nutrient [...]

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Happy Holidays

Topic-Holidays My Thoughts: To any of you reading this-the best of days to you and why are you online instead of opening gifts or calling someone?  Looks who’s talking, being online is getting to be a habit with me!  I went to see Avatar yesterday-what a rush! Go see it, you’ll be amazed! More food [...]

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Dirty Teeth Reveal Ancient Peruvians Ate Well

Topic: Clues to what the ancients ate Thanks to poor dental hygiene, researchers are getting a more detailed understanding of what people ate thousands of years ago in what is now Peru. Dental plaque scraped from the teeth of people who lived as much as 9,200 years ago revealed traces of cultivated crops, including squash [...]

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Dogs First Tamed in China — To Be Food?

Topic: Mans Best Friend-Or Dinner? Wolves were domesticated no more than 16,300 years ago in southern China, a new genetic analysis suggests—and it’s possible the canines were tamed to be livestock, not pets, the study author speculates. “In this region, even today, eating dog is a big cultural thing,” noted study co-author Peter Savolainen, a [...]

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Why Humans Outlive Apes

Topic: Steak-  Lets hear it for meat eaters Genetic changes that apparently allow humans to live longer than any other primate may be rooted in a more carnivorous diet.  These changes may also promote brain development and make us less vulnerable to diseases of aging, such as cancer, heart disease and dementia.  Chimpanzees and great [...]

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Cavemen Roasted Birds, Too

Topic: Prehistoric Bird Roast Early modern humans and their predecessors in Europe were mostly big game hunters, but a pile of well-nibbled bird bones suggests that at least some prehistoric European cavemen enjoyed small prey too, according to a new study. The 202 bones, belonging to the Aythya genus of diving ducks, were found at [...]

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Nazcas’ destruction of forests caused downfall

An ancient civilisation brought about its own demise by destroying forests which kept its delicate ecosystem in balance, according to researchers who claim the discovery has important implications for the modern world.

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French immigrants founded first British farms

Topic: Farming in England THE British may owe the French more than they care to admit. Archaeological finds from Britain show that farming was introduced 6000 years ago by immigrants from France, and that the ancient Brits might have continued as hunter-gatherers had it not been for innovations introduced by the Gallic newcomers. Mark Collard [...]

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Food of The Maya-300 BC to 900 AD

Topic: Ancient diet of the Maya Unlike many other ancient civilizations, the Maya of the past have resisted the passage of time, and many people still call themselves part of the Maya culture today. It is because of this that we can observe today’s Maya and find out what kind of eating habits the ancient [...]

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