This evolutionary perspective predates the advent of agriculture, which is pretty recent, so the farming isn't necessarily applicable. Sure nuts and berries are easier to obtain, but animal fats were likely necessary for our brains to evolve the way they did, so someone (read: all common ancestors of humans) was able to get it done.
For instance, that other 90% of land mass you cite didn't have many people in the past. Most people needed to be very close to a source water because without being by water they would die and there weren't taps they could just turn on.
I feel like your post is condescending without providing real evidence, but I'll resist the temptation to chalk that up to a vegan diet.
It's not hard to plant seeds, sure. But are you suggesting ancient humans were planting and cultivating seeds as a main means of sustenance? Because that's the only way you could imply meat wasn't important for them, and that's not really how being a hunter-gatherer worked.
I like to think my initial statement was intellectually honest and not condescending, though perhaps you read it otherwise. I still maintain meat was important to humans from an evolutionary perspective which is an accepted belief even by most vegans. The human brain would not have evolved the way it did without animal fats.
Clearly this conversation will go nowhere, but now know some people think taunting the ability of another person to survive is not a condescending stance to take in a debate, so at least I learned something.
This evolutionary perspective predates the advent of agriculture, which is pretty recent, so the farming isn't necessarily applicable. Sure nuts and berries are easier to obtain, but animal fats were likely necessary for our brains to evolve the way they did, so someone (read: all common ancestors of humans) was able to get it done.
For instance, that other 90% of land mass you cite didn't have many people in the past. Most people needed to be very close to a source water because without being by water they would die and there weren't taps they could just turn on.
I feel like your post is condescending without providing real evidence, but I'll resist the temptation to chalk that up to a vegan diet.
not hard to plant some seeds, mate.
takes one to know one.
and what "evidence" have you provided?
none.
opinion isn't evidence.
It's not hard to plant seeds, sure. But are you suggesting ancient humans were planting and cultivating seeds as a main means of sustenance? Because that's the only way you could imply meat wasn't important for them, and that's not really how being a hunter-gatherer worked.
I like to think my initial statement was intellectually honest and not condescending, though perhaps you read it otherwise. I still maintain meat was important to humans from an evolutionary perspective which is an accepted belief even by most vegans. The human brain would not have evolved the way it did without animal fats.
Clearly this conversation will go nowhere, but now know some people think taunting the ability of another person to survive is not a condescending stance to take in a debate, so at least I learned something.
agreed
"main" by food volume, yes.
I like to think my statements were intellectually honest and not taunting, though perhaps you read it otherwise.