Richardson, RobMa, Dianne2025-04-092025-04-092025-04-10The Conversation, April 10, 2025. Retrieved from: https://theconversation.com/our-ancestors-didnt-eat-3-meals-a-day-so-why-do-we-250773http://hdl.handle.net/10292/19022Pop quiz: name the world’s most famous trio? If you’re a foodie, then your answer might have been breakfast, lunch and dinner. It’s an almost universally accepted trinity – particularly in the Western world. But how did it come about?This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/EatingFoodMealsOther Form of Assessable OutputOpenAccess