Question

Why is it important to know what early humans eat?

Answer 1

Mathematically, it isn't.

Answer 2

I know but I hope some smart people can help me!!

Answer 3

Because it's 2012 and we all have to eat those things :P

Answer 4

soon*

Answer 5

ok.....speechless

Answer 6

lols, we would be cannibals soon :P

Answer 7

eww

Answer 8

Yeah, but baby diya is already cannibal lol :D

Answer 9

Yeah, becareful she is going to eat us soon, remember not to come close to her :P

Answer 10

Haha. I don't really know, you're asking in the wrong group; I'm sure some people here may study human evolution and physiology, but most of us don't. I would have a guess and say that it gives evidence as to why certain aspects of modern humans have been given rise over the course of evolution since - our subsequent digestive systems, teeth and methods of eating and food gathering I guess - but I really can't say Toppypan, it's not a field I really know anything about.

Answer 11

(Then again, neither is mathematics! :-P )

Answer 12

Yes, wrong section, and you will get a stupid respond from me xD

Answer 13

but your timing is correct, we will all need to know that very soon

Answer 14

Eat your own poo. Talk about recycling!

Answer 15

That's rude and grosss will!

Answer 16

nice place to chat here lol

Answer 17

My dog doesn't seem to think so, she does it all the time. Makes it cheaper for us as well.

Answer 18

Yeeeuck!

Answer 19

Disgusting.

Answer 20

Must be my British humour

Answer 21

LOL! i see you guys having a very lovely yet to a degree grotesque discussion about the future diet of humans consisting of a) humans b) faeces. LOOKING FORWARD hahahah well to answer your question as best as i can Toppypan, i think people find significance in knowing the diet of our early ancestors for numerous reasons. By knowing their diet, it opens us up a lot more doors and paints a more complete picture of what life was like back in the early days

Answer 22

This question is based on evolutionary biology which has no applications without the aid of mathematics. There might have been an impact from what hominids ate in the past, what they ate might have given them the materials such as brain function and expansion. A look into the past might give a better view into the future and how humans are today. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_evolution

Answer 23

what i mean by that is by studying diet, we will learn about the type of organisms and animals as well as vegetation/plants that existed in the early days. From this we may be able to deduce the geography, climate, landscape as these aspects are inversely related to flora and fauna. Furthermore, we may also be able to establish hunting methods and the type of weaponry primitive people used!

Answer 24

it seems that i run into the wrong group :/

Answer 25

Make sure the runs don't get the better of you... otherwise you might be eating it

Answer 26

will! you remind me of AVATAR~

Answer 27

Hahaha :D

Answer 28

Then again when you ask 'Why' the phrase question becomes more of a philosophical and non-applicable rather the question 'How' gives a more methodological approach. How hominids ate in the past might have triggered a sense of number, magnitude and form due to the hunter-gathering systems of our ancestors. What they ate also might have contributed to the formation of the brain up till the point prehistoric mathematics, the oldest known possibly mathematical object is the Lebombo bone, discovered in the Lebombo mountains of Swaziland and dated to approximately 35,000 BC this might have been a tool used in counting hunter-troops and food crops. It consists of 29 distinct notches cut into a baboon's fibula. Therefore, how early hominids ate might have triggered the incentive for survival and learning by trial and error and passing down those techniques to the future 'mathematicians' scientists and generations alike to device better means of food aquisition to ensure the survival of the species and race in general. This alone and more may give present and future humans a clue to might what may have made us who we are, human