Like apes, our human ancestors mostly ate a. plants, nuts, and berries b. plants, berries, and small animals c. insects and small animals d. nuts, berries, and small animals e. large animals that they hunted during the evolutionary diet experiment, volunteers adopted eating behaviors akin to those of the great ape. what were their most valuable sources of protein? a. mushrooms and broccoli b. nuts and berries c. olives and mushrooms d. nuts and peas e. broccoli and peas the participants in the evolutionary diet experiment showed large reductions in their cholesterol levels, primarily because the evolutionary diet a. eliminated their consumption of saturated fats b. decreased their consumption of saturated fats c. increased their consumption of saturated fats d. eliminated their consumption of unsaturated fats e. decreased their consumption of unsaturated fats