Tag: Carnivory

Over 90% of the energy is lost between each level of a food chain, meaning carnivores need to consume a significant amount of meat to sustain themselves. A person or animal whose diet consists exclusively of meat is called a carnivore, though more specific terms exist depending on the context. This term applies to both animals in the wild and humans who follow an animal-based dietary pattern.

Archaeological evidence suggests hominins were consuming meat more than 3 million years ago, but the idea of pinpointing who was the first person who ate meat is a myth. It was a long and gradual evolutionary process involving multiple species, not a single individual or moment. Instead of a single event, the transition to regular meat consumption played a pivotal role in shaping human development, intelligence, and social behavior over millions of years.