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I challenge you to provide one nutrient, based on scientific research, that is critical to human health that cannot be obtained from non-animal sources. Even B-12, which still is asserted to be one of those nutrients than cannot be found in non-animal sources, is found in significant quantities in spirulina, tempeh, and brewers yeast. Even the health oriented guru doctor Andrew Weil made the mistake of stating publicly that B-12 must be obtained from animal foods.<BR>
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The arguments presented on V2020 that eating meat is critical to human health are false!<BR>
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Evolutionary arguments that eating meat from hunting was a critical factor in the development of human intelligence are without any proven substantive basis. We really do not know what exact factors led to the development of human intelligence with certainly. Of course there are many theories that make sense, but if being a great hunter of meat was the deciding factor in developing intelligence, T. Rex or other dominant predators of evolution, might have evolved into geniuses of unparalleled dimensions, so the "predator" on this list might reconsider his grand position in the food chain based on eating meat. He's no match for T. Rex, unless he has modern weapons, which our evolutionary ancestors did not have.<BR>
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It is possible human intelligence developed first before we became more oriented toward hunting animals for food! Our intelligence might have allowed us the luxury of becoming better hunters of animals, and thus less dependent on plant sources.<BR>
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Some think the unusually long period of human development, out to 20 years for full growth, which is not found in any other animal on earth, led to special social skills of communication and cooperation, needed for the sexual bonding for long periods to assure the survival of offspring, was the main factor in the development of human intelligence. Just another theory. I suspect there are many factors all acting together to explain the evolution of human intelligence, and perhaps there was a random factor of lucky mutations involved.<BR>
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But the facts of our dentation and digestive system indicate that, while we are omnivores, and can live on meat and digest it, that our evolutionary heritage is heavily weighed toward the eating of plant foods for survival. Anyone can look at the teeth on a dog, a carnivore, and observe that humans do not have the same teeth needed to tear meat and kill directly. What are the molars for? Plant eating. Dogs do not have molars like human beings. A major clue regarding the diet our evolutionary ancestors predominately ate.<BR>
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See info at this site:<BR>
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