Earliest roasted root vegetables found in 170,000-year-old cave dirt

Earliest roasted root vegetables found in 170,000-year-old cave dirt
Charred fragments found in 170,000-year-old ashes in a cave in southern Africa are the earliest roasted root vegetables yet found. The finding suggest the real “paleo diet” included lots of roasted vegetables rich in carbohydrates, similar to modern potatoes. “I think people were eating a very balanced diet, a combination of carbohydrates …
News story posted on 2020-01-02T19:14:00.0000000Z