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Interesting. I always assumed that we were carnivore. I didn’t think it was still a contested science. Plants are more dangerous and poisonous than animals. An
by moltar 6y ago
Interesting. I always assumed that we were carnivore. I didn’t think it was still a contested science.
Plants are more dangerous and poisonous than animals. Animals surely can kill you physically, but the risk is predictable. And can be solved by outnumbering. But poisonous nature is way more variable, unpredictable, seasonal.
How is that we study diets and health so much, and we still don’t know what our ancestors ate? That’s just bizarre.
- gregjor 6y agoPlant-eating animals species outnumber meat-eating species, so the notion that eating plants presents more risk doesn’t really hold up. Any Boy Scout knows how to identify native toxic plants, and to observe what animals eat and don’t eat. It’s not bizarre that we don’t know much about prehistoric diets. We have few fossils or hard evidence, and no written records. Prehistoric dumps preserve animal remains because bones get preserved but fruit and vegetables don’t.