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Feb. 21 2012 6:12 PM  The Real Caveman Diet  Did people eat
fruits and vegetables in prehistoric times?  Volunteers dressed
as cavemen at the Warsaw zoo. Did real cavemen follow the
"prehistoric diet"?  Janek Skarzynski/AFP/Getty Images.     It’s
not altogether clear why fruits have changed less than
vegetables, but it might have something to do with their
evolutionary purpose. Plants developed sugary fruits millions of
years ago so that sweet-toothed mammals would gobble them up and
disseminate the seeds. By the time hominids descended from the
African tree canopy, delicious fruits were widely available with
no need for artificial selection. Since vegetables gain nothing
from being eaten, they didn't experience the same pressure to
evolve delectable roots, stems, and leaves.  Just because there
are some paleolithic fruits in production today doesn’t mean you
can easily mimic the paleolithic diet. Modern apples, dates,
figs, and pears aren’t nec