(Several million years ago)
Significant changes have occurred in the human diet since the dawn of humankind/
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Around one and a half million years ago…
Early human beings shifted from a diet of primarily unprocessed plant foods to one containing increasing amounts of meat, some of which was scavenged.
Around 700 thousand years ago …
Our ancestors began the deliberate hunting of animals.
The most substantial changes in the human diet have occurred since:
~12,000 years ago (circa 8,500-10,000BCE)
The ’Agricultural Revolution’
Introduction of grains and dairy.
~ 200 years ago (start 1760-1830)
The ‘Industrial Revolution’
Introduction of chemical / mechanical food processing and preservation.
Post World War 2
The ‘Green Revolution’
Introduction of synthetic agricultural chemicals and increased mechanisation