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How did Neanderthals cook porridge? When did the first vegetarians appear? What was considered exotic food in ancient times? When did our ancestors become omnivores? Every week, renowned anthropologist Stanislav Drobyshevsky talks about science and humanity. The topic of this episode is nutrition in the Stone Age. 00:00 "Drobyshevsky. Homo sapiens" 01:16 What is known about the diet of Neanderthals 03:50 "Our ancestors ate differently" 07:20 "The increase in body size was a response to the emergence of new dangers" 09:40 About Rusinga Island 10:30 About Australopithecus 12:49 About Paranthropus 15:16 About the "brain Rubicon" 15:38 "Meat made a man out of a monkey" 18:25 "Meat in the African savannah is always fresher than in your refrigerator" 20:15 Exotic diet in ancient times 23:15 "Neanderthals were hyper-predators" 25:15 "Neanderthals cooked using fairly advanced technologies" 26:00 About cannibalism 29:17 About the Neolithic Revolution 31:25 "Caries was already a problem in the early Neolithic" 32:45 “I’ve never eaten beavers, but our ancestors drank a lot” 38:41 Ancient cuisine 42:24 How ancient people drank 49:09 “Realize that it’s time to stop” RTVI News — all the main events in 24/7 format: / myrtvi Politics, art, science, psychology — all in interview format: / @rtvi_usamerica Read and watch the news on the RTVI website: http://www.rtvi.com Also, watch all the most important and interesting things on our telegram channel: https://t.me/rtvimain And subscribe to RTVI on other social networks: Facebook: / myrtvi VKontakte: http://vk.com/rtvi Twitter: / rtvi Instagram: / rtvichannel Odnoklassniki: https://ok.ru/rtvi We also have a telegram channel in the “Such” section with news from the world of music, cinema and the Internet: https://t.me/rtvireal And the public page of “Takoe” on VKontakte: https://vk.com/takoe_rtvi