Stone Age families enjoyed “surprisingly complex” range of cuisine, reveals study

Experimental cooking with modern replica pottery vessels to recreate prehistoric recipes. (Lara González Carretero via SWNS)

By Stephen Beech

Stone Age families enjoyed a "surprisingly complex" range of cuisine - including herbs and seafood as well as meat, according to new research.

Stone Age families enjoyed “surprisingly complex” range of cuisine, reveals study

Scanning Electron Microscopy. (Lara González Carretero via SWNS)

Stone Age families enjoyed “surprisingly complex” range of cuisine, reveals study

Example of Mesolithic pottery vessel analyzed in this study. (Lara González Carretero via SWNS)

Stone Age families enjoyed “surprisingly complex” range of cuisine, reveals study

An "unprecedented" variety of plants were in human diets thousands of years ago. (Lara González Carretero via SWNS)

Originally published on talker.news, part of the BLOX Digital Content Exchange.

(0) comments

Welcome to the discussion.

Keep it Clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, racist or sexually-oriented language.
PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK.
Don't Threaten. Threats of harming another person will not be tolerated.
Be Truthful. Don't knowingly lie about anyone or anything.
Be Nice. No racism, sexism or any sort of -ism that is degrading to another person.
Be Proactive. Use the 'Report' link on each comment to let us know of abusive posts.
Share with Us. We'd love to hear eyewitness accounts, the history behind an article.