The Paleolithic Diet: What Did They Actually Eat?

🧠 What did humans actually eat before agriculture? The answer will surprise you. There's a billion-dollar diet industry built on one idea: that our ancestors ate a single, perfect diet that we should all copy. But the archaeological record tells a completely different story. In this video, we explore the REAL ancestral human diet — from 2-million-year-old dental plaque to Neanderthal bones that reveal something extraordinary about compassion. 🔬 Featuring the groundbreaking work of: • Amanda Henry (dental calculus analysis) • Richard Wrangham (cooking hypothesis) • The Shanidar Cave discoveries ⏱️ Timestamps: 0:00 — The Fridge Experiment 1:45 — The Paleo Fantasy 4:30 — Amanda Henry & Dental Calculus 8:15 — Dietary Plasticity Explained 12:00 — Cooking: The "Second Stomach" 15:30 — Shanidar 1 — The Neanderthal Who Couldn't Chew 18:15 — What You Actually Inherited What you inherited isn't a specific diet. It's the ability to never be stuck with just one. 🔔 Subscribe to Cortex Tide for more deep dives into psychology, evolution, and the hidden forces that shaped humanity. #HumanEvolution #AncestralDiet #PaleoDiet #Anthropology #Neanderthals