Plant-eating animals species outnumber meat-eating species, so the notion that eating plants presents more risk doesn’t really hold up. Any Boy Scout knows how

Plant-eating animals species outnumber meat-eating species, so the notion that eating plants presents more risk doesn’t really hold up. Any Boy Scout knows how to identify native toxic plants, and to observe what animals eat and don’t eat. It’s not bizarre that we don’t know much about prehistoric diets. We have few fossils or hard evidence, and no written records. Prehistoric dumps preserve animal remains because bones get preserved but fruit and vegetables don’t.