In their early days, were humans vegetarians?

Question

At least that's an argument (if we forget "evolution of the species"...) that is held a vegetarian friend.

At least that's an argument (if we forget "evolution of the species"...) that is held a vegetarian friend.

**Hum ok seems like I am receiving very mixed answers so far. Though, be sure i'm reading all arguments.

Answer 1

Scientific studies have shown that our digestion system was originally intended for a vegetarian diet. But in the earliest existence of the homo sapiens, we hunted more often than foraged for food because most of the living (moving) creature around us were predators...that sets our pattern in consumption of food. Survival was thus equated not just to consuming sufficient amounts of food but also a tendency to kill, just to maintain existence. That's how we all became non-vegetarians.

Answer 2

Sadly, no. It could be so well for the planet and the individuals of the sector could be plenty fitter, however such a lot of individuals are egocentric and most effective care approximately persons. About three percentage of American adults are vegetarian, however there are a ton of children and young adults who're. In the entire international, over part of the populace is vegetarian, and it's growing by way of 10% each and every 12 months. A lot of that percentage is considering that of individuals's fiscal challenge, that means that they do not have the money for meat.

Answer 3

The natural instincts even now points to being vegetarians.
Only when survival became a priority, somehow humans learnt to use non-vegetarian food. The teeth, body structure, and digestive system, its length, all are created for using a vegetarian diet.

Answer 4

The first true humans, Homo Habilis, migrated to follow food, used stone tools, and animal bones are found around their camp areas, indicating they ate meat or sucked marrow from bones.

And we do have the teeth of meat eaters. Our incisors are for cutting, and our canines are for tearing. We also have flat molars like vegitarians because we are omnivores, and do often eat vegetable materials that require grinding.

Ancient human settlements show pictures of man hunting game.

Answer 5

We can assume the early life of the human was vegetarian. As we are aware the planet earth was discovered without ant guide book or manual. All we humans have written according to our taste and interest and also the experiences. We do what pleases us without caring for the mother NATURE.
Plants are for consumption. Fruits on earth are to be eaten. Animals be left alone to survive according to their sweet will. Life cycle is maintained by Nature. We have no control over it. All we can do is to help Nature and love it without damaging its fragrance.
Some ideas can be drawn from the following text.

Vegetarianism has been common in the Indian subcontinent, since possibly the 2nd millennium BC for spiritual reasons, such as ahimsa (nonviolence), to avoid indulgences (as meat was considered an indulgence), and to reduce bad karmic influences. Hinduism preaches that it is the ideal diet for spiritual progress and Jainism enjoins all its followers to be vegetarian. Buddhist monks of the Mahayana school have also historically practiced vegetarianism. In looking for parallels in Jewish and Christian antiquity for these practices, some Christian vegetarians feel a kinship with Nazirite, Essene and Ebionite practices.

Many Hindu scriptures advocate vegetarian diet. The secular literature of Tirukural in Tamil Nadu, India, proclaimed over 2000 years ago: "Perceptive souls who have abandoned passion will not feed on flesh abandoned by life. How can he practice true compassion, he who eats the flesh of an animal to fatten his own flesh?" [1]

Vegetarians in Europe used to be called "Pythagoreans" [2], after the philosopher Pythagoras and his followers, who abstained from meat in the 6th century BC. These people followed a vegetarian diet for nutritional and ethical reasons. According to the Roman poet Ovid, Pythagoras said: "As long as Man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seed of murder and pain cannot reap joy and love." [3]

In 1847, the first Vegetarian Society in Ramsgate, England, agreed that a "vegetarian" — from the Latin uegetus "lively", and suggestive of the English word "vegetable" — was a person who refuses to consume flesh of any kind. Vegetarianism in the 19th century was associated with many cultural reform movements, such as temperance and anti-vivisection. Many "new women" feminists at the end of the century were vegetarians.

Seventh-day Adventists and Rastafarians, denominations founded in the 19th and 20th centuries, are also frequently vegetarian. African Hebrew Israelites only eat an organic vegetarian diet that also excludes dairy products such as milk.

Followers of the Sikh religion are divided in their opinion on whether their religion opposes meat consumption.

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Answer 6

I think people in the past did not think of themselves as being vegetarians or non-vegetarians. Their basic instinct would have been survival. They would have eaten anything they could get their hands on be it meat or vegetable.

Answer 7

Nope. Most early humans followed the herds of animals they hunted. Though meat was sometimes scarce, we were never vegetarians.

Answer 8

Yes, we were originally vegetarians. Like was mentioned, our teeth were created as such. We only started eating meat after sin and death entered the world.

Answer 9

It's all found in the mouth.
Our teeth are like those of vegetarians. We do not have the teeth
like meat eaters do.

Answer 10

I think humans have always been omnivores. We were always able to digest plant and animal food. Never heard anything to the contrary (i.e. that our digestive tracts have changed or that we somehow grew bicuspids and incisors for no reason).