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Why the “We evolved to eat meat” argument doesn’t hold up.

From MIT Press Reader: "The evolutionary story behind meat consumption is more complicated — and less convincing — than it sounds."

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The MIT Press Reader · The “We Evolved to Eat Meat” Argument Doesn’t Hold UpThe evolutionary story behind meat consumption is more complicated — and less convincing — than it sounds.

Ancient DNA reveals farming led to more human diseases

"Humans' close cohabitation with domesticated animals—and large-scale migrations of pastoralists from the Pontic Steppe—played a decisive role in the spread of these diseases...We've long suspected that the transition to farming and animal husbandry opened the door to a new era of disease—now DNA shows us that it happened at least 6,500 years ago. These infections didn't just cause illness—they may have contributed to population collapse, migration, and genetic adaptation."
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phys.org/news/2025-07-large-sc

"Today, zoonoses account for more than 60% of newly emerging infectious diseases."
Martin Sikora, The spatiotemporal distribution of human pathogens in ancient Eurasia, Nature (2025).
nature.com/articles/s41586-025
#pastoralism #farming #diseases #zoonosis #pathogens #livestock #cattle #domestication #civilisation #animal #husbandry #SettlerSociety #meat #pandemics #IndigenousPeoples

Phys.org · Large-scale DNA study maps 37,000 years of disease historyBy University of Copenhagen

#meat : anything eaten for nourishment, either by man or beast. hence, the edible part of anything

- French: viande

- German: das Fleisch

- Italian: carne

- Portuguese: carne

- Spanish: carne

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