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Christine Sievers

joined in Sep 15, 2020

Senior Lecturer at University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

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Our ancestors in Africa ate roasted root vegetables 170 thousand years ago

Almost everyone enjoys roasted root vegetables, and our ancestors were no exception. An archaeological team excavated the remains of starchy rhizomes cooked 170,000 years ago in the Border Cave, South Africa. In total, 55 whole charred rhizomes were recovered from the same species - Hypoxis... click to read more

Lyn Wadley | Honorary Professor at University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Christine Sievers | Senior Lecturer at University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Stone Age

palaeo-diet

carbohydrate

South Africa

Reading time 3.5 min

published on Sep 15, 2020

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