Originally Posted by tore

The reason I am hesitant to is not because I consider it beneath or because I like being arrogant or snotty, but because it takes a lot of time. When I was a moderator here, I spent a lot of time worrying about the quality of the site, but that eventually became more work than I liked and so now I try to use MB more for light entertainment rather than work. Commenting on an error like "carnivores : claws / herbivores : no claws" took a lot more time than it did for the original author to write his or her mistake. Thus, in order to comment on every erronous claim in the text from that website, I would have to write a lot more than the author did in the first place. Instead of doing that, I am hoping that by pointing out some of the faulty logic, it should be appearant that the author is not really well versed in human biology or evolutionary history.

The simple truth is that without the luxuries and imported fruits and veggies of modern society, there are not many places in the world people could live as vegetarians. Even less so when you think about a world without agriculture. Yet, humans roamed the world.

If you want to read about historical diets, you should read the text of someone who specializes in that field. You could check out some scientific articles, but they may be a tough read. Instead, I suggest you check out something like this document instead, an interview on historical diets with an anthropologist from the Berkeley University of California.

06.14.99 - Meat-eating was essential for human evolution, says UC Berkeley anthropologist specializing in diet