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the guy that was able to drink non-human milk and process lactose Could you go further back? To the guy who first figured out you could cook meat? This was a
by rusk 9y ago
the guy that was able to drink non-human milk and process lactose
Could you go further back? To the guy who first figured out you could cook meat?
This was a crucial development.
Cooking meat makes it more nutritionally available for our omnivorous digestive system. Effectively pre-digesting it in a way other animals can't match.
Being able to do this gave us the additional calories, and protein we needed to get the edge over other animal competitors.
- hyperpallium 9y agoFire is the epitome of technology, the inventor the first frankenstein, the first dystopia: good servant, poor master. Or maybe slaves were the first technology?
- maxerickson 9y agoI wonder to what extent "modern humans" evolved as a result of earlier species controlling fire.
- rusk 9y agodo you think "modern humans" could have been possible without it?