Human omnivore myth

It's AAU. I make it up as I go along.

I said it in the same way people say "man made global warming" or "manslaughter"
and because I'm a rabid sexist

asking for proof from an expert is fallacious?

we weren't debating whether meat was healthy. Hell, even if it reduced early mans life by 50 years it wouldnt mean that they were herbivores. That's a fallacious argument.

and this is as close as you'll get.

And of course it would also depend on locality.
Such as Aboriginals in Tassie vs aboriginals in NSW

No, but the way you asked for it is. You want me to back up my belief by name dropping, something which you knew I probably couldn't do before you even started hammering on the keyboard. It didn't strengthen your case at all, and that's fallacious.

Now go play in traffic.

But how long have indigenous Australians been about? 100k years max? Australopithecus, the genus which TheSixthStitch refers to, is waaaaaaay older than that.

^ I'm not sure how long aboriginals lived in Tassie. Just an example of locality forcing different diets


But I would think that those living through different ice ages would increase their meat consumption as opposed to those with more stable climates like Africa.

Sorry, I wasn't directing everything I said at you, I was kind of replying to the whole thread in general including what you said

I agree throughout most of history humans have mainly consumed a plant based diet, only eating small amounts of animal products. But in latter years humans meat consumption has increased, and now it has gotten to the point where people are eating what most people would agree are unhealthy amounts.

Because we can survive on a vegan diet some people jump to the conclusion that it makes us herbivores, when in fact many omnivorous animals can survive on a plant based diet too. Take gorillas and chickens for example, they are both omnivores but they can live perfectly healthy on a plant-based diet.

It just annoys me that this debate always keep coming up, it's completely irrelevant to modern day humans and why some of us choose to live on a plant-based diet.

No humans are not capable of living off a plant based diet in the western world.  Nowhere in the world actually unless you live in one of the salad bowl areas in our world, restricted and non replenishable lands.  I have asked the following question on several occasions but am yet to get any logical, sensible answers. Even if the Australian population was to attempt to be sustainded on a vegan diet how do vegans propose that the plant life needed would be watered ?  Now I want reasonable answers not hysterical suggestions.

haha that's okay

i totally agree, i was watching david attenboroughs life of mammals the other day and there was a section about omnivores, i think humans would come under that classification
but like you said, we can live off a plant based diet and be perfectly healthy, which means we don't need it.
i recently read some gorillas do eat meat sometimes even their own young D=

obviously peoples reasons vary as to why they are vegan, but i think we all agree a plant based diet is the healthiest
i think the western countries are over indulging in the amount of meat they eat.
they eat it in every meal, it's the main part of the meal and that's not how it should be.
they are consuming so much that it's making them sick and yet they still do it
with non-human animals, they only eat as much as they need to survive, we are just messing with nature and it's terrible!

You can choose that diet Abbiesaurus but it is impossible for the world's population to live on your diet.  In fact it is impossible for most to live on that diet.  Maybe you should be relieved that most people do eat meat thus allowing you the luxury of an abundance of foods relevant to you diet.  If that weren't the case starvation would prevail...... guaranteed......