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Re:The role of meat in the human diet: evolutionary aspects ... by boudin on Thursday May 11, 2023 @01:57AM (#35898213)
The thing that sounds off to me is that meat consumption increased a lot in just a few generations. Meat being such a part of a diet is something way too new to be considered evolutionary.
Re:The role of meat in the human diet: evolutionary aspects ... by zamfi on Thursday May 11, 2023 @02:03AM (#35898258)
...since the invention of agriculture, yes. But prior to agriculture, meat was a reasonably large part of diet in a number of places.
Re:The role of meat in the human diet: evolutionary aspects ... by guerby on Thursday May 11, 2023 @02:28AM (#35898452)
Relative to native americans or inuit?

Both were most or only meat eaters.

Re:The role of meat in the human diet: evolutionary aspects ... by cfn on Thursday May 11, 2023 @03:40AM (#35899035)
This is absurd, agriculture was invented 10 thousand years ago, what do you think Homo Sapiens ate for the previous 1990 thousand years of its existence?
Re:The role of meat in the human diet: evolutionary aspects ... by tourmalinetaco on Thursday May 11, 2023 @04:03AM (#35899198)
We were a hunter/gatherer society for a reason. Meat/fat is incredibly nutrient and calorically rich, which gave us the ability to grow our brains out and shrink our stomachs. Once we discovered agriculture, we found we could more safely and sufficiently meet our caloric needs with breads, and meat became a luxury as livestock is expensive and hunting was inefficient and costly in a time that normalized daily labor in the community. Once we industrialized farming, we could once again fulfill our demands for meat.