Are humans truly adapted to eat meat?

Question

Look at our digestive tract compared to other carnivores.

Answer 1

yes.. but not quite like those carnivores.. that's why we have the canine teeth(the sharp ones like draculas) and the herbivore type of teeth (the flat ones for chewing).. humans are omnivores.. it means that we can eat both meat and plants.. the only difference with us and the carnivorous animals is that their digestive tracts are designed to digest raw meat.. humans on the other hand have to cook it because our digestive system cannot digest meat that is raw.. we'll go sick if we do that.. =)

Answer 2

"Humans are Omnivores
"Adapted from a talk by John McArdle, Ph.D.

"Jaws
"Although evidence on the structure and function of human hands and jaws, behavior, and evolutionary history also either support an omnivorous diet or fail to support strict vegetarianism, the best evidence comes from our teeth.

"The short canines in humans are a functional consequence of the enlarged cranium and associated reduction of the size of the jaws. In primates, canines function as both defense weapons and visual threat devices. Interestingly, the primates with the largest canines (gorillas and gelada baboons) both have basically vegetarian diets. In archeological sites, broken human molars are most often confused with broken premolars and molars of pigs, a classic omnivore. On the other hand, some herbivores have well-developed incisors that are often mistaken for those of human teeth when found in archeological excavations.

"Salivary Glands
"These indicate we could be omnivores. Saliva and urine data vary, depending on diet, not taxonomic group.

"Intestines
"Intestinal absorption is a surface area, not linear problem. Dogs (which are carnivores) have intestinal specializations more characteristic of omnivores than carnivores such as cats. The relative number of crypts and cell types is a better indication of diet than simple length. We are intermediate between the two groups."

Answer 3

It depends how you look at it. The cooked meat the humans can eat but we can manage without the meat also. As you would notice that even in EUROPE before the industrial revolution the meat was not an everyday food. Lot of lentils were the substitute for the protein.

Answer 4

human beings are OMNIVORES
That is they can eat all sorts of food

OUR bodies need a high percentage of protein (essential building blocks)
to build and renew the tissues of the body ,
this is most easily digested if meat , is in our diet,

vegetables like beans and nuts, are comparatively rich ,in protein .
# so in theory, we can live on pulses and nuts ,without meat .

but great deal of these, need to be consumed, to replace protein required, .
And the human gut is not really able to cope, with that amount of digestive proses , without unfortunate side effects .

Meat and 3 veg. + good amounts of fruit and some dairy products is considered a healthy diet .

Vegetarians and Vegans are eating food ,the hard way .
but if they are happy with this unnatural diet well , good luck to them .

Answer 5

well , to answer this you have to know first that humans Gaston-intestinal tract has already the ( tools ) to digest meat . And the surprise is the humans stomach the only main benefit is to digest protein matters through secretion of concentrated acid and the enzyme al we know ( pepsin ) . In fact these secreta are specified only to destruct and break protein to short chains of poly peptides .
on the other hand , meat ( I mean any meat like beef , fish or birds ) possesses 5 essential amino acids which are really needed by our body , we cannot get these amino acids from other sources rather than meat , deficiency of these amino acids causes weakness , anemia , muscle fatigue and growth retardation of children

Answer 6

Yes, we are adapted to eat meat. Look at the bones of animals found in the same strata as homo erectus and you will find where hominids cracked open the bones for the marrow. Other primates such as chimpanzees also show an affinity for meat.

Answer 7

According to scientific research, humans are not meant to eat meat at all. According to the research, it decreases the age limit and exhausts the digestive system , thereby, leaving a person lose his true original self without even recognising the loss.

Answer 8

most of us probly all of us. the first blood type was a they were erhbavors then came b they began farming then comes o and full on meat eaters. this all happened millions of tears ago. type o should eat lots of meat the others do not need to eat as much or any at all as long as you make sure you eat a balanced diet with lots of vegitable protine

Answer 9

Our teeth are those of an omnivore. The removal of meat protein from the diet is one of the things cults do to keep their members docile. That may explain why vegans are so goofy.

Answer 10

I have read that humans are basically vegans, because we have about 12m of intestines as if we are herbivorous. If we were supposed to eat meat we would have only 3m of intestines. (Scientist made compare with herbivorous and carnivores)