2012-03-22

Are humans fundamentally vegetarians or non-vegetarians?

I believe humans are non-vegetarians from an evolutionary perspective.

The animal kingdom is split into predators and prey and there is one characteristic shared by all members of each group, regardless of species. That is the position of the eyes.

All prey have eyes at the side of their head, to get a wider view of their surroundings when grazing and looking out for predators. Whereas all predators have eyes at the front of the head to focus better on their prey during a chase. This applies everywhere - mammals, fish(sharks), birds(eagles), reptiles and so on.

Guess which group humans belong to?

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