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MSTRS
But like (all?) predatory mammals we have eyes at the front for triangulating the prey's precise position....
Chimpanzees are the closest of all the apes to us, and they will hunt, kill and eat meat. They also do not have claws. I'd guess that like other omnivores, we possess some of the 'tools' of all types....
Sounds right.
But it's not.
Some tribes of Chimps hunt and eat mammals, some don't. Sorta hints the diet is somewhat culturally driven huh? Sound familiar?
Humans are not like chimps in one important regard. We're one of a small number of animals called cursorial hunters. They don't use speed or surprise to hunt, they simply run them into the ground. That's why we're so good at endurance based tasks compared to most of the rest of the mammals. That's also why we don't have pronounced canines and all but vestigial claws.
Our "natural" diet would have very much depended on the environment, even within the very narrow evolutionary range which makes up modern humans we're different in which foods benefit us. High northern humans metabolise fat better, some groups handle high protein diets better. Of the broad categories defining the class of an animal's diet I believe we're most accurately described as scavengers, with adaptations allowing us to make use of a wide range of food sources.
Long and short? we can survive quite nicely on a limited diet, with possible minor consequences due to slight deficiencies.
Me? As long as my dinner contains at least one of the major food groups (dead cow, dead pig, dead sheep, dead chicken) I'm happy. Not too fussed on celery.
Go soothingly on the grease mud, as there lurks the skid demon
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Tut tut zero index... it was only after the flood that man was allowed to eat meat. Check Genesis again - specifically chapter 9.
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