When did the world start eating meat? What country did it start in?

Question

When did the world start eating meat? What country did it start in?

Answer 1

Since the beginning.  The berry and grain and veg foragers came later, and usually the women, and while the males were out hunting the game.  Even women invented breads.  There's a great book called "History of Food".  It's a real eye-opener.

Answer 2

Evidence suggests that the first hominids (human ancestors) ate mostly fruit and grasses. However, it is theorized that they learned to scavenge from the left over kill of predators  when plant foods were not readily available. That's why the first hunting implements resembled claws or canine teeth.

The increase in protein intake from consming meat during this period is also credited for increasing the human brain.

It was also theorized (and pretty much accepted) that people did not eat plant and meat foods together but depending on season, ate them almost exclusivley. Berries, grains and such during the plentiful spring and summer months and mostly meat during the lean late fall and winter months where plants were not available but animals were relatively plentiful/ It was when he learned to cultivte land and domesticate animals when he started into the diet similar to ours today. It was also around this time that some tribes/groups stopped being migrants (following the herd literally) and established more permanent settlements.

And the rest as they say, is history.

PS the generally accepted "birth" of homo sapiens is Africa, in the Natal region of what is currently known as South Africa if I'm not mistaken. But obviously, back then ther were no countries. And the Chinese are disputing the "African Eve" theory anyway.

Answer 3

There are numerous pre-historic sites of human habitation around the world where animal bones have been found showing butchery marks. Pretty much ever since we have been like we are now, we have been eating meat.

After all, if we weren't meant to eat animals, why are they made of meat?

Answer 4

I believe it was an evolutionary change. I think humanity, or our ancestors began eating meat about the time of Homo Habilis, Homo Erectus and early Homo specimens in Africa. Although meat probably played a significant role in human evolution, we are now intillectually evolved enough to consider the ethical, environmental and social impacts of meat consumption. But basically meat consumption can be traced back to early evolution.

Answer 5

An educated guess would be Africa. Meat eating dates back to pre history. Broken animal bones with human teeth marks on them have been found in caves.

Answer 6

164,000 years ago on the southern coast of Africa. Human ancestors began to eat shellfish as they harvested the sea.

Answer 7

I thought it was "If we weren't meant to eat animals why do they taste so good?"

But to answer the question: Humans have probably always been omnivores, or borderline scavengers. Our earliest ancestors would eat meat, probably raw, when they could catch it or find it. The rest of the time they ate whatever the land had. Roots, fruits, nuts, bugs, even the very land itself (dirt contains some vital minerals). You name it we ate it. And still do today in some parts of the world. So it didn't so much start when or where as it just is our nature.

Vegetarianism is not natural, it takes a lot of work to survive on a meatless diet. But I applaud its practice and the practicioners for a number of reasons.

Answer 8

1800s in nyc

Answer 9

Humanity has been eating meat since day one (which varies depending on whether you're religious or scientific), mostly because hunting/husbandry is easier to master and improve than gathering, let alone horticulture, let alone agriculture.

Answer 10

Since the beginning of our existence as a species on Earth we've been Omnivores. Just the mere setup of our teeth also shows hints to that fact which has been proven time and time again. Our scissor-like fronts, eye-teeth that puncture to aid in ripping and taring and molars for grinding.

Any vegetarian animals don't have the same configuration of teeth we do. Cows, deer, horses etc.

We truly are not meant to be only vegetarians (no disrespect intended to practicing vegetarians) our bodies start to show signs of depletion and sometimes even types of anemia if a vegetarian diet is followed and not well thought out.

Meat has been one of our staple foods... always.

As for what country it started, the most recent findings using exstensive studies and testing that scientists have concluded is that life started in the areas we now know as Iraq and Iran. These are not results based on religion, but testing through research and speculation along with CSI style approaches /Archeological testing and findings. (just to clarify the nature of the results)

I would say that in our naturally rough state back then when we ran after our food and tackled it mercenary style, stabbed at it and cut into the throat from ear to ear before we ate it raw, is where and how it all started.

All of this of course before we realized how yummy it tasted over a burning fire with some seasoning and a squirt or two of lemon. LOL.

Hope this helps.

Answer 11

I would guess somewhere in Africa, where the first humans evolved.  The first humans ate mostly grains but they did hunt animals, and ate them when they could catch them.

Answer 12

animals were eating animals from the day the first one walked the earth

man started out as a hunter gatherer ,and did not settle down in villages until they discovered agriculture.

the earliest evidence was around 150.000 years ago in the Amazon Basin on the Colombian side

But it must have been much earlier as well .maybe 300.000 years ago according to Sitchin ,in the chronicles of Enki.when the first homo sapian was made.,but the primates were also eating meat

http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sumer_...

and the strictly meat eaters and gatherers  were well before  ,

so maybe 1/2 a million years ago.maybe  a lot more ,

they found a sandal print in lava stone ,that was close to 2 million years old.

the world was not the same then

great land masses were totally different