Are homo sapiens designed to eat meat?

Question

we all have those two little pointed teeth either side of our mouth and they're ideal for tearing off stips of meat.
Are vegans/vegetarians going against nature.

Also, have you ever been starving- not just hungry and would you consider catching, killing eating an animal to satisfy your hunger.

Would the vegans be first to be eaten in a plane crash survival situation or would they be the first to eat meat to satisfy their bloodlust for hunger?

Answer 1

Actually we are not designed to eat meat. It comes from when we had to eat anything we could find to survive.

Look at the table at the bottom of this page: http://www.goveg.com/naturalhumandiet_physiology.asp and read everything at the top.

It explains the difference in our bodies between us, herbivores, omnivores, carnivores.

Farms aren't natural are they?

We get ill from eating meat raw. The way meat is supposed to be eaten (you never see a lion sitting roasting its meal on a fire do you)

Our inscisors and canines are actually blunted and nothing like those of carnivores and they are not designed to tear apart flesh.

Omnivores and carnivores catch animals and rip them apart with their claws and use their sharp teeth to rip apart the flesh. Have you ever had the desire to do this? Have you ever seen an animal at the side of the road and fancied a snack? Have you ever felt joy from the sound of an animal screaming as its being killed.

The appendix is actually supposed to be from when we used to eat leaves. It has nothing to do with meat.

Meat actually decomposes inside of us, because of our long intestines.

Look at the site, and see what you think.

I'm not saying don't eat meat, but just have a look.

Answer 2

I'm a meat eater but I'd take issue with a couple of things which you've said.
"...designed to eat meat":
We weren't "designed" to do anything. We have evolved to be able to eat a wide range of foods including meat. "Designed" implies a designer - which is a whole other topic.

"Are vegans/vegetarians going against nature"
If you mean by that are they doing things differently than our earliest ancestors did - well of course they are going against nature. So are you. So am I. Living in a building, eating cooked food and posting questions on the Internet are all "unnatural" activities. The entire history of our species has been characterised by a tendency to get as far a way from nature as possible.

As for your other questions:
I've never been starving.
I would kill an animal for food.
Whether the vegans would eat or be eaten - assuming you're serious here - would depend on the individuals concerned, and couldn't be generalised.

Answer 3

Nope we are not meant to eat meat. We didn't start eating meat until after the Ice Age. Every other animal on the planet with our digestive tracts are herbivoures not omnivoures. And wow two little pointed teeth? lol is that all you have?

I mean if you look at the groups of people who live to be the longest in the world what is one thing they have in common? They eat plant-based diets. And vegetarians have way lower risks of certain diseases that meat-eaters have to worry about. Besides there are plenty other foods that give the protein that meat does.

And if you are absolutely hungry then yes why not eat meat but a significant portion of us do have a choice.

To sum it all up, vegetarians are right. And wow Sparkle brung up some points that even I didn't know about

Answer 4

As some others have said, humans are omnivorous. If it were not for the fact that our ancestors had partaken of animal fats, our brains may not have developed as they did, and we may not be able to so easily take the option of eating vegetables/fruits only

I have never been starving, but I would catch, kill, skin, cook and eat an animal then tan the hide if meat was banned. I have told people that those "meet your meat" videos don't work for me.

And yes, vegans would very likely be the first eaten in a plane crash. They would also be the most likely to be poisoned by unknown plants (unless they had survival training that taught them to differentiate).

Answer 5

I love animals and Id like to think that we are not meant to eat meat, but Im afraid thats not the case. People can argue back and forth about teeth etc but there are a few things that are pretty much undeniable.
If we do not get enough b-12 we get a disease condition known as pernicious anemia. Its not a serious problem because we know how to cure it, but without b-12, it could be fatal. Vitamin B-12 does not exist in plant foods naturally, you have to get it from meat. Or supplements of course, but i doubt we were designed to eat supplements.

Answer 6

Humans are omnivores, meaning they can eat a large variety of food. It is advantageous because humans are not limited to one food source. Humans need to a different kinds of nutrients for optimal nutrition and should not be limited to a singel food source.

Actually, it's okay to live with an entirely vegetarian diet. Vegetarians can get protein from nuts and beans. People will argue that vitamin B12 is missing from vegetarian diet, but that's not true. Vegetarians can cosume animal products like eggs and milk, but not its flesh and organs. In India, where Hindu is the dominate religion, vegetarianism is widely practiced. Veganism, on the other, allows no animal product consumption so they must eat fortified foods or supplements to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

Answer 7

Yes, humans are designed to eat meat, along with plants. Because human vegetarians/vegans don't eat meat, they're at a high risk for anemia, just like carnivores are high risk for heart disease. And the non-meat eaters would be the first to die on a plane crash. Carnivore eats herbivore, NEVER the other way around. Oh, and I would gladly hunt something down and eat it to satisfy my hunger, I am a carnivore, and if I have to eat I will eat.

Answer 8

Homo Sapiens are "designed" (have evolved) to be omnivorous, hence the canine teeth. We are most closely related to the chimpanzees, who also eat meat but not nearly as frequently as the average human does. The difference is that humans can make an informed choice not to eat meat/animal products, as Vegetarians/Vegans do. It has nothing to do with "going against nature", it has to do with rejecting the exploitation of animals when other options exist.

Answer 9

This is stupid. You don't just go out and bite a cow on the neck. Humans have been hunting, skinning and THEN eating animals for centuries. The canines help you to bite the already cut meat not bite an animal's neck directly. Just posting this in itself is making a fool of yourself.

Answer 10

Homo sapiens are classified as omnivores, which means that they can eat both vegetation and flesh. The design in their teeth shows this. I think that if in that situation, I would probably try to catch, kill eat my own food, esp if I wasn't familiar with the fruit and plants around me. I admire vegetarians will power to resist eating meat - I love my flesh, I'm a carnivore through and through - but it annoys me how SOME carry on as if they are so saintly by abstaining from meat. I hope never to be in a situation where I have to eat my fellow human being because even for me - the blood lust stops there!