Nomadic herders moved seasonally.

they didn't even have copper at this point

they were herding cattle in the stone age

anyways early humans wouldve spent a lot of time picking fruit and eating it

they also harvested wild grains

but the time investment of plants vs animals, animals win out in terms of food for time

i mean we wiped out most large animals

@Lucienne d'Anwyl we are Hunter - Gatherers you ninny.

There are proteins that we need that are simply not available in plants in any significant amount.

All of our great ape relatives actively hunt. (Even gorillas will eat meat opportunistically)

Also, meat is the number one source of easy calories in the wild. Even horses will slurp up an egg or baby bird if they happen to come across a nest.

@ArmouredHeart i didnt say people only ate plants you tard

i said they didnt primarily eat meat

Little late but yeah if you take the expensive piss by itself you get like 1% of it and it's expensive piss.
But if you take it with a meal instead you get a hell of a lot more of it and it's no longer expensive piss, it's now actually what it's supposed to be.

Humans ate mostly meat until agriculture

meat is only an easy source of calories opportunistically

if you factor in calories consumed while hunting

plants become much more attractive

🤷

Our meat consumption has been on a decline

Meat is healthier

our meat consumption has been on an increase for quite some time

xD

wild plants don't provide enough food for large populations

compared to say ancient times

Decrease*

when agriculture was firmly established

increase

meat consumption dropped when we started farming plants in large amounts

Are diets are like only 10% meat

@Machinimal hunter gatherer societies didnt *have* large populations

they did when they started farming cattle

Well you cant have agriculture without domesticated farm aninals

yes you can????

Without shit you cant grow.shit

You cant

literally not that hard to grow food

without animals

you dont *need* draft animals

Literally werent able to

they had large enough populations to have long distance trade and large stone structures

they just make it easier