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[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 88 points 7 months ago

I know it’s a joke but this is science memes and it plays into a widespread misconception about early humans that we were some kind of blood drenched carnivores. Not true. Humans have always mostly eaten plants supplemented with some meat or other animal foods.

[-] Geobloke@lemm.ee 16 points 7 months ago

It depends so much on location and period, as an example, the Inuit diet consisted of a lot of meat whole the Kaurna in Australia ate lots of yams.

[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Yeah you’re right, I probably stated it over-broadly. I’m more talking about the typical prehistoric human diet but there were exceptions.

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