Ancient human relative used fire, surprising discoveries suggest

Re:Ancient human relative used fire, surprising discoveries ... by chitowneats on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @02:14PM (#33898796)

My guess is that it would depend on the animal. Most carnivore stomachs are highly optimized for digesting raw meat. My layman's understanding is that because humans are fairly balanced omnivores, we get more benefit from cooking meat.

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Re:Ancient human relative used fire, surprising discoveries ... by glyphosate on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @03:20PM (#33899698)

The pH of human stomach acid is on par with that of many scavengers, such as vultures.

Anthropological evidence indicates that early hominids, as they began their transition to a more carnivorous diet, were feeding on the left overs from other carnivorous predators - which would explain the need for such an extremely acidic stomach

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Re:Ancient human relative used fire, surprising discoveries ... by schrodinger on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @04:06PM (#33900241)

Fascinating, does that mean vultures are just as susceptible to e.coli, salmonella, etc as we are? I always presumed they could handle "slightly spoiled" meat without food poisoning better than us.

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Re:Ancient human relative used fire, surprising discoveries ... by chitowneats on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @03:55PM (#33900097)

Interesting!

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