Jed Rothwell wrote:
Stephen A. Lawrence wrote:
And a glance at a human's teeth is enough to show humans are better
suited to a plant diet than a diet rich in cows.
On the other hand, when you look at human stomach chemistry, you find
that we are well suited to eating meat -- and especially cooked meat
-- although perhaps we should not eat as much as modern people do in
places like Poland. And when you look at our primate cousins you find
they are like us: the world's most versatile omnivores, capable
thriving on just about anything. And we all spring from a long line of
insectivores, which are still the chimpanzee's favorite dish. (My
father in law likes to eat 'em too.)
People have been using fire and hand tools for so many eons it has
apparently affected our evolutionary change. I find that astounding.
:-) Indeed! It appears we co-evolved with our use of tools! In other
words, the first creature to cook with fire was _not_ a "human".
There is just too much about human construction that makes perfect sense
in tool-using clothing-wearing creatures, that would make no sense at
all in technology-free animals, to see how it could be otherwise.
The teeth of our closest relatives, the chimpanzees, tell the story in
boldface type. NOBODY could mistake a chimp's teeth for a human's
teeth, yet we supposedly are adapted to the same diet.
But that rather cuts the ground out from under my argument about teeth,
doesn't it?
- Jed
