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Default Humans are not natural 'omnivores'.

On Jun 10, 12:27 pm, Dragonblaze > wrote:
> On 9 Jun, 17:14, Laurie > wrote:



> > Are you so ill-educated to assume that the Laws of
> > Biochemistry have somehow changed over time?
> > PLEASE provide some scientifically-credible support for this
> > statement, or be polite enough to withdraw it.
> > You are not authorized to just make science up to suit your
> > agenda.

>
> State the "Laws of Biochemistry" - whatever they might be.
>
> What did you find so difficult about my statement? It was: "We
> certainly used to . We now pay other people to specialize in things we
> no longer have time for."
>
> If you are doubting we have been omnivores throughout human existence,



Most mammals (including cows) can ingest meat. This doesn't mean cows
or humans naturally adapted to digest meat & fruit equally (reflected
in disease risks from meat ingestion like diverticulitis, gout,
cancer, etc). Florida alligators instinctively eat pond apples. Since
gators don't seem to get sick from meat or pond apples, you could say
these gators are better adapted to omnivory than people.

> I will refer you to prehistoric archaeological sites with all the
> charred and cracked animal bones, or the prehistoric cave paintings
> and/or rock carvings with depictions of hunting scenes or game
> animals.


The digestive system of H. Sapiens direct lineage didn't coincide w/
cave paintings. Ancestors were already specialized frugivores &
resorted to eating meat marginally before kindling fire/during
depleted habitat/weather extremes but developed no requirement for
eating meat. During this current interglacial period, there is still
no morphological evidence H. Sapiens are nutritionally better suited
to trade any given amount of available fruit for any amount of meat
(nutritional needs reflecting natural adaptation). Plants are life
promoting/functional food in contrast to meat. Meat requires twice the
intestinal transit time & isn't fully digested. Burkitt, D.P. et al.
Dietary Fiber and disease. Journal of the American Medical
Association. 229:1068, 1974. Could you list 1 adaptation that allows
H. Sapiens to be better adapted to consuming any measure of meat over
available fruit?