Tapping out

What I talk about when I talk about the show Alone, how what we eat when we're older translates can lead to improved brain size and the unlikely fantasy of unicorn meat.

I didn’t realize how vital animal protein was to our survival until I watched Alone, a reality show on the History channel. Some backstory: the show drops about a dozen skilled survivalists in remote locations, near each other but not close enough to collaborate. They can bring up to ten personal items––an ax, a tarp and bow and arrow ranked high. No ca…