Explores the diets of our primitive ancestors from around the world--from Australian Aborigines and pre-industrialized Europeans to the inhabitants of "Blue Zones" where a high percentage of the populations live to 100 years or more. In looking to the recipes and foods of the past, Fallon Morell points readers to what they should actually be eating--the key principles of traditional diets from across cultures -- and offers recipes to help translate these ideas to the modern home cook.

Includes recipes.

Introduction: Modern technology or ancestral wisdom? -- Australian aborigines : the most paleo of them all -- Native Americans : guts and grease -- The far north : seal oil and whale blubber -- The South Seas : abundance and beauty -- Africa : the land of fermented foods -- Asia : variety and monotony -- Europe : the foods we like to eat -- True blue zones : how long-lived people really eat -- What to eat? : translating the wisdom of our ancestors into a healthy modern diet -- Recipes.