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Our nearest relatives, the primates, eat little to no meat and have very similar physiology to us. We seem to be a little bit better adapted to eat meat if nece
by cageface 8y ago
Our nearest relatives, the primates, eat little to no meat and have very similar physiology to us. We seem to be a little bit better adapted to eat meat if necessary but our bodies are still optimized for extracting nutrients from plants.
https://www.peta.org/living/food/really-natural-truth-humans-eating-meat/ https://www.peta.org/living/food/really-natural-truth-humans...
- jayalpha 8y agoAs much as I love animals. Do you really want me to take Peta for a credible source?
- cageface 8y agoThat was just the quickest reference I had to hand. Here's another: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/human-ancestors-were-nearly-all-vegetarians/ https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/human-ancest... We don't have the physiology of a carnivore at all. We look a lot more like herbivores that may have made some small adaptations to include some meat in our diets if necessary.
- pvaldes 8y agoIs an error to think that true herbivorism is a "primitive" trait. They are very evolved in fact.