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If you don't restrict the list to living things, then salt and water are surely the oldest answers. :)
by munificent 8mo ago
If you don't restrict the list to living things, then salt and water are surely the oldest answers. :)
- procaryote 8mo agoHydrogen ions are edible, although usually dissolved in water. Hydrogen ions existed before oxygen or water
- austinjp 8mo agoYep, I ensure I ingest a healthy amount of plain old-fashioned protons. Surely among nature's most ancient foods.
- pavel_lishin 8mo agoI don't like them, they taste sour: https://youtu.be/FSYE1T5d9jc?si=jQP90-q7QAHnrcJt https://youtu.be/FSYE1T5d9jc?si=jQP90-q7QAHnrcJt
- siriaan 8mo agoDon't forget dirt - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geophagia#Humans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geophagia#Humans
- masfuerte 8mo agoI remember when I was a very young child - more than half a century ago - getting into trouble for eating dirt. I was amused more recently to hear about my nephew doing the same thing. It seems, from my point of view, to be instinctive. I wonder why?
- imoverclocked 8mo agoBored? Low on minerals? Too many parasites? Dogs do this instinctively too when they might need something from the dirt.
- grimgrin 8mo agodon't little kids sometimes eat play-doh, bugs, crayons, etc? new experiences/curiosity i'd imagine
- wileydragonfly 8mo agoFamily ancestors in very rural Texas used to drink “sour dirt” which was a tablespoon or two of dirt mixed with water. Intermediate generation did gather some from their favored spot and have it tested. Several essential minerals in it. Go figure.