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		satvikpendem on July 1, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Eating meat with lower carbon footprint often mean... Probably nature, due to the preponderance of evidence for it, and that likely evolved into a cultural phenomenon too. There is a reason all societies eat meat in one form or another.

candiddevmike on July 1, 2024 | [–]

There is evidence of vegetarian communities and tribes too though:

Native Americans: https://www.ivu.org/history/native_americans.html

Indians: https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Jain_vegetarianism

HeyLaughingBoy on July 1, 2024 | | [–]

The substantive difference is that we don't need to look for evidence of meat-eating communities and tribes. They're all around.

SoftTalker on July 1, 2024 | [–]

Yes, humans are omnivores. Meat is a natural component of our diet.

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