Agricultural Anthropology
600 words tops. intro, body, and conclusion. there must be three body paragraphs: one about ″allowed″ product, one about ″not allowed product″, and comparison. Instructions: In this activity you will evaluate the scientific basis for these claims about human diet. First, read through a recent discussion of this fad diet by National Geographic: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/people-and-culture/food/the-plate/ 2014/04/22/prehistoric-dining-the-real-paleo-diet/ After reading this discussion, select one foodstuff that proponents of the Paleo Diet
assert is “allowed” by the diet (and thus is something humans are “evolved” to eat), and select a foodstuff that is “not allowed” by the diet (and thus is something humans are NOT “evolved” to eat). A list of allowed and not allowed foods is provided below. Research the history of domestication and human use of these two foodstuffs to
identify the following: 1. Where and by whom (i.e., what culture or society) were these first domesticated? 2. When were these first domesticated? 3. [unique_solution]What is the wild (nondomesticated) species from which the modern cultivar derives? 4. What are the ways in which the modern cultivars differ from the nondomesticated versions? 5. Identify
evidence from archaeology as well as from one other scientific discipline (e.g., botany, genetics, biology, etc.) to support your findings In your written essay, be sure to compare the origins and histories of these two foodstuffs by presenting the information you have gathered from each of the above 5 questions. BODY PARAGRAPH 3: Next, identify whether these modern foods are truly representative of things that were eaten by our forager/hunter-gatherer ancestors. Decide whether you believe that the distinctions between allowed and not allowed foods are justified by scientific evidence. Based on what you have learned about these foods, do you believe it possible to
maintain a diet similar to our Paleolithic ancestors from 20,000+ years ago?