Have you ever been like me, wondering how the origin of breakfast? Breakfast is something I do regularly, and I thought for sure that our ancestors also had breakfast when they came into this world.
But it wasn’t. According to the little research that I did, breakfast is a habit that is formed along with the development of civilization.
Breakfast in the stone age
Has breakfast been known as a habit since our ancestors first came into this world? In my opinion, no, routinely eating in the morning is not a tradition that was carried out by humans in the early days.
Long before the present time, ancient humans used to live in an era called the old stone age (paleolithic). They get their food by hunting and gathering. Men are in charge of hunting animals, and women are in charge of gathering food from nature such as fruit, leaves, …