If we shouldn't be omnivores, why do we have molars and incisors?!
If we shouldn't be omnivores, why do we have molars and incisors?
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2 months ago
i'm not trying to be a wise a**, i just want to know the rationalization.
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2 months ago
i'm not trying to be a wise a**, i just want to know the rationalization.
First of all I have respect that your are curious instead of just assuming you are correct, it is always great to see people who want to hear both sides of the story.
Ok now about your question
Have you ever looked into the mouth of a herbivore? lets take a horse for example horses have incisors just like humans, they also have molars and allot of them because they eat the toughest of plants including tough wire like grasses. Look http://www.lonestarequinedental.net/hors...
http://www.longhornm.com/images/mouth.jp...
Baboons are omnivores, they often hunt small mammals, lizards, birds etc and look at their teeth http://static.flickr.com/70/182537797_39...
Most gorillas on the other hand are 100% vegetarian, their are some groups of gorillas that do eat insects though. But gorillas don't hunt other animals. And yet they have fairly long canine teeth http://klb.uwstout.edu/gorillayawning01_...
This goes to show that what teeth an animal has does not just depend on the diet. Elephants tusks are actually teeth yet they use the to strip bark from trees, fight for dominance, to help hold branches down so they can rip the leaves off.
Gorillas use their canine teeth to fight for dominance, or for defending themselves. The main part of a gorillas diet is in an order something like this fruit, edible plant leaves roots and stalks, nuts, seeds, and some gorillas eat termites and other insects. Remember humans are part of the ape family.
Without the use of tools humans would make very pathetic hunters, we are slower than prey animals, and lack the teeth and claws to bring down prey and rip it up to eat it. Omnivores and carnivores love the smell of blood and rotting carcases (that means food!) do you like the way a dead animal smells? Cooked meat does not realy count as it is modified and smells/ tastes different than raw meat and meat is prepared with salt, sugar, spice , sauce etc
Some people would argue that humans are supose to be scavengers. A true scavenger has an awsome sense of smell to detect the slightest scent of blood or rotting meat from miles away, they also have very good night vision. Humans sense of smell in fairly poor and we love sweet smells like flowers and fruits, out night vision is very poor. Our color vision is great for seeking out colorfull plants and fruit.
I understand that humans used meat for survival in hard times like the ice age, early humans life span was very short, averaging 30 to 40 years.
This will be an argument that will probably never be settled, at least not for a long time. But one thing is for sure, humans are not carnivores. Humans can live on both a vegan and omnivorouse diet, animals including humans can be very versitile. Rats even being considered omnivores live longer and are more resistant to disease when living on a vegan diet. So who is to say what an animal should or should not eat? Even dogs can live very healthy on a vegan diet http://dogsinthenews.com/issues/0209/art...
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http://www.tierversuchsgegner.org/gesund...
We are supposed to be omnivores, but some people choose to be herbivores..that's the beauty of being human we can choose what we want to be
Exactly! I have been saying this for years. I don't know why but you are right.
That's kind of a weird question. From an evolutionary perspective, how we are physically does not determine 100% what we will or should do--physical aspects are often by-products of what we do. Certain physical characteristics come about based on what an animal population does for a long period of time. We don't have the pelvic structures we do because we're supposed to be bipedal--we have the pelvic structures we have because ancestors spent so much time trying to be bipedal.
If you are a Creationist instead, there's no reason to see it as though God put them in us because we are only supposed to be omnivores. It's a limiting rationalization that something is there only for one reason. Another possibility could be that He gives us a choice.
Frankly, though, with the advent of knives, even the heartiest of meat eaters doesn't really need canine teeth...
we have two tiny incisors and the rest are flat like other vegetarian creatures. If we were meant to be omnivores, we would have a mouthful of canine teeth, like a cat or dog. My theory is that if we were "designed" to eat meat, we would have the capacity to hunt, catch, kill, and eat animals without cooking them. Instead, we have an imposable thumb, and bodies designed for gardening. I grow my own fruits and veggies with little effort-but if I had to chase and wrestle a cow, it wouldnt happen, and if I were to catch it, my "incisors" would not let me rip the flesh from its body-it would have to be butchered, tenderized, and cut into small pieces in order for me to do so. If the average person had to hunt their own prey, kill it, butcher it, and dispose of the carcass in a responsible manner, I think the world would be full of vegetarians, and the meat eaters would be the outcasts. Most people eat meat because someone else did the dirty work, and they only have to deal with a small piece of meat. Just my humble opinion, but you have to admit it has some merrit, I would think.
It's simply personal choice. Myself, I just didn't feel content with myself when eating meat, though I would never impose my personal feelings on others.