Fruit And Honey Fueled the Early Evolution of The Human Brain

The brain relies on a form of fuel that is not present in meat: glucose. The matter of meatMany anthropologists have credited meat eating as the stimulus to produce a large brain. Our new study shows that, for much of evolution, the sugars in fruit and honey were the source. This early ancestor of ours walked on two legs, and was likely to be a ripe fruit specialist like chimpanzees today. Lessons for modern dietsDid early hominins consume sufficient carbohydrate to cover the obligatory demands of the brain and other tissues?