Almond Joy, Stone Age Style: Our ancestors had a bash eating wild nuts

Around 780,000 years ago, human ancestors living along a lakeshore in what is now northern Israel ate a varied diet. It included fat- and protein-rich almonds, pistachios, and other hard-shelled nuts, according to a new report.

GET CRACKING. Excavators probe the muddy soil at Gesher Benot Ya’aqov, where Stone Age inhabitants left evidence of hard-core nut cracking.