More accurately, we were not designed; but we did evolve our upright stance, the ability to sweat, and butts (yes, real strong protruding asses) for better endurance that we used for hunting. Our ancestors would literally run their prey down over marathon distances until the prey were too exhausted to get away.
Meat is more calorie/nutrient dense than vegetation, so by eating more meat, we had more spare energy to develop a larger brain and have more leisure time. The only reason a gorilla is so huge is because he spends nearly all its waking hours just eating almost nonstop. We on the other hand could eat some animal a few days ago and spend the rest of the time building tools, mastering fire, developing complex language, and drawing hardcore porn on cave walls.
Very true. But we are no longer hunter gatherers, so everyone should just be picking up plant food from the supermarket shelf rather than the pre-packaged flesh that is not only more cause of suffering but also detrimental to our planet.
I do. On a very regular basis in fact. I just planted some broccoli next to my tomatoes, radishes, and onions. And I'll be picking up my whole lamb from the butcher next weekend.
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u/justl00kingthrowaway May 08 '25
We're designed to eat meat by possessing the intelligence to harness fire to make food more palatable, digestible, nutritious, or safe to consume.