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RebelOne

(30,947 posts)
22. This writer cannot be too knowledgeable.
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 01:59 PM
Jul 2012

A glaring error I found: Collectively, anthropologists have spent many a career attempting to hone in on the diets of our most recent ancestors.

"hone in"? It should be "home in." Hone means to sharpen. There were some others, but this one was just so wrong.

Scientific American Phlem Jul 2012 #1
Read the comments to this opinion piece. They are what is worth reading, not this. Raster Jul 2012 #2
I don't see how that's a helpful comment is all. LeftyMom Jul 2012 #5
Here's some real help. longship Jul 2012 #11
So is Scientific American a tool of Big Tofu? LeftyMom Jul 2012 #12
You are correct. longship Jul 2012 #15
There's a trick to being an omnivore... Scootaloo Jul 2012 #18
Oh, oh, oh, yes. Insects! longship Jul 2012 #19
Good post. CrispyQ Jan 2013 #31
I really don't believe that. Even chimpanzees eat meat and always have. demosincebirth Jul 2012 #3
That's addressed in the article. Chimps get about 3% of their diet from meat, LeftyMom Jul 2012 #7
If we were Neanderthals, it might have some validity Scootaloo Jul 2012 #16
I stopped eating meat January of this year... Kalidurga Jul 2012 #4
Its really difficult eating out at most places. undeterred Aug 2012 #24
So, true I didn't notice the meat dependence either. Kalidurga Aug 2012 #25
California Pizza Kitchen used to have this lovely salad CrispyQ Aug 2012 #28
Just start watching "Restaurant Impossible" & "Bar Rescue" CrispyQ Aug 2012 #27
I just found out that there is a vegan/vegetarian meetup group in my city. undeterred Aug 2012 #29
Interesting. We're like monkeys, so we probably should eat like them. Gregorian Jul 2012 #6
Yeah, "paleo" really leans on misunderstandings about human origins. LeftyMom Jul 2012 #8
With the occasional bugs, birds and mice. nt Speck Tater Jul 2012 #9
Nice. Good luck dealing with the idiots. flvegan Jul 2012 #10
B12 is only naturally available through animal sources. drokhole Jul 2012 #13
as I understand it, B12 is stored in the body for a long time ginnyinWI Aug 2012 #30
The "paleo diet" people are a joke Warpy Jul 2012 #14
Exactly my thoughts. Scootaloo Jul 2012 #17
I've read several of the Paleo Diet books JustAnotherGen Jul 2012 #20
Hot Pockets! Phlem Jul 2012 #21
This writer cannot be too knowledgeable. RebelOne Jul 2012 #22
Old Indian word - "Vegetarian: bad hunter" HopeHoops Aug 2012 #23
Veggies Turbineguy Aug 2012 #26
speaking as an antropologist ( I have a BA) leftyladyfrommo Jan 2013 #32
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