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Re:For 2M years, humans ate meat and little else: study by 1experience on Monday April 05, 2021 @04:53PM (#26704573)
Good example of media selection bias here, notice how this study is completely ignored by mainstream media: https://imgur.com/a/lkaoClD

if it had said "Humans ate vegetables and little else" it would be on r/all now.

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Re:For 2M years, humans ate meat and little else: study by EGreg on Monday April 05, 2021 @04:54PM (#26704588)
Don't worry, there were studies that showed the exact opposite LMAO: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ancient-humans-vegetarians-pa...

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/human-ancest...

Don't pay too much attention to these "discoveries" being 100% true

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Re:For 2M years, humans ate meat and little else: study by m000 on Monday April 05, 2021 @05:18PM (#26704849)
There is a media bias here, but it's not what you're implying. It is Israeli media picking up a story promoted by Israeli scientists. This is common practice for media in EMEA countries.

But most importantly, you're overlooking the authors' bias. 1st/last authors seem to be making an academic career on proving that humans are carnivores. 2nd author is a self-confessed fan of low-carb diets, and listed as the founder of a company offering a nutrition tracker based on the same principles.

Not exactly an unbiased trio. And without the hinges of peer-review that would stop them from making wide claims, I would skip the news article altogether.

And not being unbiased is probably why you won't see their research on international media, that would arguably be a bit more picky, having a wider selection of science stories to choose from.

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Re:For 2M years, humans ate meat and little else: study by Daho0n on Monday April 05, 2021 @06:06PM (#26705272)
While I don't disagree with your point I don't think you can state that someone being a fan of a low carb diet is not unbiased unless you also say that every single other piece of research on this topic is also biased if it's by someone not "being a fan of low carb diets" (IE. eating like almost everyone does).
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