The Hunter’s High — Meat, Fat, and the Limits of Endurance

Описание: Before the kitchen, survival depended on movement.

Once food became available in greater amounts, the challenge was no longer only finding it. Survival became constrained by how energy could be spent without collapse. Endurance favored bodies that could regulate effort over distance and time, rather than exceed their limits briefly.

This episode examines how sustained movement reshaped early human survival strategies, and why meat alone could not meet the energetic demands of endurance. Lean muscle provided protein, but little fat. In environments where movement was costly and food access uneven, abandoning usable energy reduced long-term viability.

We explore how selective pressure shifted behavior after an animal was obtained, and why fully utilizing available resources became essential for recovery and continued movement.

This is not a story of hunting techniques or success.
It is a story of energy, constraint, and survival under limits.

Before The Kitchen is a documentary series about food before recipes, restaurants, and modern kitchens. Each episode examines how hunger, fire, and survival shaped the human body, behavior, and society through archaeology, biology, anthropology, and history.

No cooking tutorials.
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No trends.

New episodes are released every Wednesday.