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> Imagine how much time we'd have wasted just feeding on grass and roots just to have enough energy to maintain our massive brain. Roots in particular are pret
by comte7092 3y ago
> Imagine how much time we'd have wasted just feeding on grass and roots just to have enough energy to maintain our massive brain.
Roots in particular are pretty energy dense have a pretty high roi, I think you have this backwards.
Hunting often comes up short, and isn’t big game every time a group goes out.
The “anti-meat” framing is reflective of more of a personal bias that has already come to conclusions. Realistically a number of things were likely happening concurrently. Fermentation is a spontaneous process, and would have happened to any number of scavenged/foraged foods.
- sph 3y agoNonsense. Meat has twice the caloric density of root vegetables (potato etc.) and a complete spectrum of amino acids and vitamins. Fats, which were a big part of our diet, have 5 times as much caloric density than meat. Let alone the fact that most roots are toxic or contain anti nutrients, as seeds do.
- comte7092 3y agoPotatoes provide a complete spectrum of amino acids as well. In fact every plant does, the only issue comes when one plant provides the sole source of calories in the diet. >Let alone the fact that most roots are toxic or contain anti nutrients, as seeds do. Nonsense meme not grounded in any actual hard data. Anyone observing hunter gatherer populations notes that significant quantities of root vegetables are consumed, outside of populations living in abnormally harsh conditions (e.g. the arctic)