Or were early humans meeting a purely nutritional need? To determine this, Cole dove into some decades-old literature to determine exactly how many calories were in a human. If some morbid curiosity makes you ask “how does one determine how many calories are in an adult male human?” you aren’t alone. This is compared to 32,375 calories of skeletal muscle alone. But what about compared to a mammoth’s skeletal muscle calorie content?

Source: Forbes April 06, 2017 23:37 UTC