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>>13130162
>microliths
>not specialized tools

I mean, those are specifically worked and shaped rocks, formed with specialized tools, with differences in shape based on function. Sharp stone tools allowed us to add big game,(ie, red meat) to our diets and gave us the protein necessary to support big brains. Humans are defined by, and evolved alongside, tool use, and asking what we ate "before" that is about like asking what chimps ate at the end of the last ice age.

The other problem is that we're really, really generalist. Humans, historically, will fucking eat anything and what that "anything" is is defined a lot by local culture, climate, and how desperate the individuals involved are. A lot of those early diets weren't strictly healthy either- Otzi the Ice man (a neolithic frozen dude we found in the alps) had huge artery blockages from too much fat and meat, despite his active lifestyle. This is why you should completely disregard paelo meme-diets, we don't know what they were and there's no guarantee they were healthy at all.