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I think most popular modern vegetables came along after farming also.

Anyway they've found evidence of heart disease in mummified human remains so you can't trust ancient people either.

It makes no sense to go looking to the past for the ultimate health diet, ancient people had life expectancies of like 40.

Mainly due to infant mortality. Life expectancy at age 1 in the past was a lot closer to the current day than you’d think.