Humans: omnivores or vegetarians? THanks Gary

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You amaze me. Thank you for these links........Donna

 

Gary <gsmattingly wrote: Hi,

 

Actually here's a veg page showing why we are built

to be omnivores.

http://www.vrg.org/nutshell/omni.htm

The writer's conclusion:

" Humans are classic examples of omnivores in all relevant anatomical

traits. There is no basis in anatomy or physiology for the assumption

that humans are pre-adapted to the vegetarian diet. For that reason,

the best arguments in support of a meat-free diet remain ecological,

ethical, and health concerns. "

 

And a rebuttal:

http://www.ecologos.org/mcardle.htm

 

Obviously all people don't agree with that, such as:

http://www.celestialhealing.net/physicalveg3.htm

 

" The prominent Swedish scientist Karl von Linne states, " Man's

structure, external and internal, compared with that of the other

animals, shows that fruit and succulent vegetables constitute his

natural food. " The chart below compares the anatomy of man with that

of carnivorous and herbivorous animals. "

(see the web page for the chart)

 

Other interesting pages:

http://michaelbluejay.com/veg/natural.html

http://www.ivu.org/religion/articles/argument4.html

http://www.all-creatures.org/mhvs/nl-2003-wi-meat.html

http://www.ivu.org/news/evu/news962/omnivore.html

 

or entertaining(sort of):

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_087.html

" In reading through your column " Vegetarians Go Ape, " I noticed an

unusual fact that you seemed to expose with great confidence. You

stated that " Jane Goodall established more than twenty years ago that

wild chimpanzees kill other animals once in a while and eat the meat

with relish. " I question the accuracy of this. Where would wild

chimpanzees obtain relish? "

 

There are thousands of web pages covering this

subject. I just did a google search using:

humans vegetarians teeth

This search cuts it down a bit:

humans vegetarians omnivore teeth

 

And the government wants my google search

because? Uh, sorry, never mind, politics.

 

Gary

 

, " rollinmonkeyman "

<rollinmonkeyman> wrote:

>

> Thanks Gary, that was a good read. Do you have the information that

> shows why we aren't meateaters? I have seen it before but don't know

> where to find it written. I want to show it print it and show to

> people that say we are not supposed to be vegetarians. I would

> really appreciate it if you have a link to that.

> Thanks, Joseph

>