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Originally Posted by Ric
From the beginning our species was a vegetarian one.
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I don't know where you got that one. All ape species (including hominids) are currently believed to have a common ancestor 6 to 10 million year ago. The diet of this ancestor is unknown, but all hominids have been hunters. Omnivors actually, who eat just about anything. This explains the success of our species - if you are prepared to eat anything you tend to survive and reproduce.
Most people I know are happy meat eaters. If our species or its predecesors were ever exclusively vegetarian I don't know when they all swapped over.
I was once on an observing trip with my observing buddy and we passed a cattle truck. I expressed some sympathy for the animals. He agreed, but added that they taste good, but.