David A. Harding on Nostr: I dunno, you need rather large amounts of them to significantly prolong life during ...
I dunno, you need rather large amounts of them to significantly prolong life during famine, about 0.5 kg/day/person, and you need to protect them from spoilage and insect/animal predation. That only sounds plausible for a static society, but before domestication, only nomadic societies were likely to obtain regular access to honey and non-fish meat.
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