The “We Evolved to Eat Meat” Argument Doesn’t Hold Up

The “We Evolved to Eat Meat” Argument Doesn’t Hold Up

One of the most enduring defenses of meat eating is that we evolved to do it, and therefore must continue to do so. The claim goes that our ape and hominin ancestors were frequent, even obligatory meat eaters, and that we thus remain obligatory meat eaters. Most recently, this idea was invoked to promote yet another magical diet that would reverse weight gain and keep degenerative diseases at bay, the so-called “paleo” diet. Nautilus Members en…