1/12/2004: Civet cat kill

[quzah]

Originally posted by xoxoxoBruce
I was under the impression that we ate meat from the git go, along with found things like fruit and berries. The diet didn't change significantly until beer was invented and an agricultural society was formed to support that endeavor.

Doubtful. Especially if you're a believer in evolution. Thinking back, one of the first things you'd find to eat were berries and grass and such. The instinct to kill wouln't have been the first thing to develop, at least not for food. I'm not a biologist, so I may be wrong. But I believe that plant eating would have been done first, as it takes less effort to get a kill.

Consider the cheetah. They spend huge amounts of energy trying to chase down food to kill. Huge amounts. They rarely catch what they're going after also. (Nature, Learning Channel, some place sited as source. Again, I may be off in my facts. It's been years since I saw the show on them.)

Now on the other hand, you have humming birds...

Anyway...

If you're a Creationist, then you also have to believe in the fruit first version. After all, they started in a garden, and I've yet to see a steak tree. Furthermore, IIRC, the word "meat" actually meant sustinance, and not flesh. That is to say, IIRC, the first time it was used was in reference to fruits and vegetables (according to the bible).

But I'm not a god, or biblical scholar, so I could be off again.

Quzah.