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We know what neolithic European peoples ate by analyzing Otzi's stomach contents. It's a thing that has been done.
by bregma 3y ago
We know what neolithic European peoples ate by analyzing Otzi's stomach contents. It's a thing that has been done.
- thaumasiotes 3y agoNo it isn't. You know what Otzi ate one day. It was probably fairly representative of his local geographic region. It was most certainly not representative of neolithic Europe.
- heikkilevanto 3y agoWell, we may know what Otzi ate that one day. Which looks like a very atypical day for him, unless he was in the habit of running away from attackers and getting shot at.
- thaumasiotes 3y agoI think it's fair to guess that he didn't prepare his meal as part of his plan to be assassinated that day. A post-attack meal might reasonably be something out of the ordinary, but a pre-attack meal is unlikely to have been informed by the attack. (On the other hand, it's quite likely to have been informed by his plan to cross a mountain pass.)