"A Taste for Raw Meat May Have Helped Shape Human..." Topic

…Evolution.

"Firing up the grill can invoke feelings of kinship with our early human ancestors. But while a growing appetite for meat probably did shape our evolution, some of the biggest changes may have happened when our ancient relatives developed a taste for tartar.

After measuring chewing and biting in modern humans, scientists found that a diet that includes one-third raw meat requires far less chewing and bite force exertion than meals of tubers alone. The researchers suggest that with the advent of stone tools, ancient human relatives were able to tenderize their food and make it far easier to chew and digest.

"An important step was just using a simple stone tool to cut our meat and bash our vegetables," says Harvard University evolutionary biologist Daniel Lieberman…"
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This is old stuff.

Have you seen the series "Cooked" on Netflix?