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> The only reason we can eat meat is because 1-2 hundred million years of our homoerectus ancestors predigesting meat by cooking it. Not true. Chimps, our clos

> The only reason we can eat meat is because 1-2 hundred million years of our homoerectus ancestors predigesting meat by cooking it. Not true. Chimps, our closest relative, eat meat which means our common ancestor also ate meat. So not only have humans been eating meat before cooking, our ancestors going back millions of years also ate meat. Also, human populations, like the inuit, eat meat without cooking. It's quite a task to start a fire in the frozen arctic. Anthony Bourdain had a show on the inuits a a while ago. And that's not including human populations throughout the world that eat insects/etc. Cooking is what allowed humans to eat more meat and more efficiently, but it's absurd to claim humans only started eating meat after learning to cook.

ptah 7y ago
it is not absurd. cooking would have helped ease the evolutionary transition to being able to digest meat. aside from that we are still very poor at digesting meat. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/red-meat-processed-meat-death-mortality-health-cancer-heart-disease-vegetarian-vegan-diet-a7016986.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/red-meat-processe...
- dntbnmpls 7y ago
  > it is not absurd It is absurd because we know it is factually incorrect. That claim is as absurd as flat earther's claim. > cooking would have helped ease the evolutionary transition to being able to digest meat. There was no evolutionary transition because our human and non-human ancestors all ate meat. We didn't evolve to digest meat, we evolved from meat eaters. > aside from that we are still very poor at digesting meat. No. We are very poor at digesting vegetation. We certainly aren't poor at digesting meat. We just digest it better by cooking it. The same for vegetation. > https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/red-meat-processe.. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/red-meat-processe.... How did I know you'd link to this nonsense? Also, the independent barely qualifies as news. Do you know why vegans are viewed as the culinary equivalent to flat earthers or anti-vaxxers? Because you deny history, science and common sense for your agenda. If you don't like meat, then fine, don't eat it. It's your loss. But don't lie about history, evolution, etc. You might win a few people to your cult but the vast majority people will see right through you and be put off.
Nasrudith 7y ago
Really "true herbivorism" is a bit of a myth - they can and will eat meat if they can. Deer eat meat and if you let chicks walk around cows they may decide to swallow them whole. Animal flesh is easier to digest and higher energy density. Granted there is some can vs should such as lacking other adaptations to protect from hazards within. Turkey vulture stomachs for instance have acid stronger than car battery acid to digest carcasses safely.

ptah 7y ago

it is not absurd. cooking would have helped ease the evolutionary transition to being able to digest meat. aside from that we are still very poor at digesting meat. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/red-meat-processed-meat-death-mortality-health-cancer-heart-disease-vegetarian-vegan-diet-a7016986.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/red-meat-processe...

dntbnmpls 7y ago
> it is not absurd It is absurd because we know it is factually incorrect. That claim is as absurd as flat earther's claim. > cooking would have helped ease the evolutionary transition to being able to digest meat. There was no evolutionary transition because our human and non-human ancestors all ate meat. We didn't evolve to digest meat, we evolved from meat eaters. > aside from that we are still very poor at digesting meat. No. We are very poor at digesting vegetation. We certainly aren't poor at digesting meat. We just digest it better by cooking it. The same for vegetation. > https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/red-meat-processe.. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/red-meat-processe.... How did I know you'd link to this nonsense? Also, the independent barely qualifies as news. Do you know why vegans are viewed as the culinary equivalent to flat earthers or anti-vaxxers? Because you deny history, science and common sense for your agenda. If you don't like meat, then fine, don't eat it. It's your loss. But don't lie about history, evolution, etc. You might win a few people to your cult but the vast majority people will see right through you and be put off.

Nasrudith 7y ago

Really "true herbivorism" is a bit of a myth - they can and will eat meat if they can. Deer eat meat and if you let chicks walk around cows they may decide to swallow them whole. Animal flesh is easier to digest and higher energy density. Granted there is some can vs should such as lacking other adaptations to protect from hazards within. Turkey vulture stomachs for instance have acid stronger than car battery acid to digest carcasses safely.