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ERC POWERFUL PLANTS PROJECT: ARCHAEOBOTANICAL PHD STUDENTSHIP

by Karen Hardy May 27, 2023No Comments

The Power of Plants as Food, Medicine and Raw Materials Before Agriculture” project Applications are invited for a 4-year funded doctoral studentship offered to start as soon as possible. The successful applicant will work on a project as part of Professor Karen Hardy’s “The Power of Plants as Food, Medicine and Raw Materials Before Agriculture” project. …

A SURPRISING FOOD MAY HAVE BEEN A STAPLE OF THE REAL PALEO DIET: ROTTEN MEAT

by Karen Hardy May 27, 2023No Comments

Karen Hardy was interviewed in this Science News article discussing the real Paleo diet: historical accounts of Indigenous peoples’ diets have archaeologists rethinking ancient menus! Rotten meat, along with a bounty of other understudied foods, may have been part of the diet of ancient hominids, anthropologists are discovering. Emile Holmewood