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Originally Posted by Beuford  joelr, digging up a few stone tools does not mean humans used to be big meat eaters. Do you think there is archaeological evidence of man eating plants? I don't think it is possible to dig up the remains of a skeleton picking berries. Archaeology is limited. |
The evidence I mentioned was more than a few tools, it also included animal bones that were processed by tools.
Yes there is indirect evidence for plant eating.
Looking at modern humans who have lived in recent times but still use stone age tools, the diet is around 20% animal. This fits in with other archaeological theories.
Studies done on gut form and digestive properties agree that pre humans ate meat on a regular basis.
There are areas that hominids lived that could not support nutritional needs without some hunting. Especially during migration into unknown areas, H. Erectus wandered all over the globe into all sorts of unknown vegetation.
There are many bird and small mammal extinctions corresponding to the arrival of hominids in many different areas. Hundreds in Europe Australia/New Zealand.