I think they probably abbreviated Herman Pontzer's first sentence too much and the title is kind of misleading, in the book Burn, it is quite clear that Pontzer

I think they probably abbreviated Herman Pontzer's first sentence too much and the title is kind of misleading, in the book Burn, it is quite clear that Pontzer believes Paleo as practiced by most people today is a misreading of all the historical evidence. There are footnotes for every proposition in the book if one is interested in following up to the original studies. "People have developed many different versions, but the original Paleo diet is quite meat-heavy." Then later in the interview he says the evidence supports a more varied diet in archaelogical record and the Hazda as if he contradicts himself. The interview uses the phrase Paleo diet for the modern form and the historical interchangeably so they should have done more to make that clear when they are referring to the former and the latter. In the book he talks about how even the meat heavy diet of Aleuts and Maasai include as much vegetable matter as they can get, they do not avoid carbohydrates. I would highly recommend the book as it is relatively short until one follows the links to read the studies. This diet discussion is only a chapter I think, the book is more about the double labeled water studies and conclusions.