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Posted on 11/10/2025 10:05:45 AM PST by SunkenCiv
According to a statement released by the Spanish National Research Centre for Human Evolution (CENIEH), Ana Mateos and Jesús Rodríguez and their colleagues think that scavenging for carrion was vital to the survival of early hominins. It had been previously suggested that although eating carrion requires less effort than hunting, it carries the risks of consuming pathogens from spoiled meat and being attacked by hungry predators. Yet ecological research indicates that carrion is more widely available than had been thought, and tends to be available when other food sources are scarce. Acid in the human stomach may have acted as a defense against pathogens and toxins. Humans can travel for long distances without expending a lot of energy, Mateos reasoned, making it possible to search for carrion. The ability to communicate and organize with others would have also assisted the search, while predators could be driven away from a carcass by throwing projectiles or stones, added Rodríguez. "Today we know that carrion plays a fundamental role in ecosystems and that all carnivorous species consume it to a greater or lesser extent. Moreover, many current human hunter-gatherer groups continue to practice scavenging, as one more eating behavior," Mateos concluded. For more about the importance of scavenging to human evolution, go to "Marrow of Humanity."
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Illustration showing factors influencing scavenging behavior in humansCarmen Cañizares
Look on the bright side -- this shows they weren't vegan.
The original paleo diet -- plenty of leftovers, fresh meat.
Early humans used to make carrion luggage. Only later did they invent the wheel so they could actually go somewhere.
I am very doubtful. My dogs love carrion even though they get fresh meat in their diet. Getting within 10 yards of it from upwind turns my stomach. We have evolved differently.
Of course they did. They had to invent the automobile and the highway before they could switch to eating fresh roadkill.
The discovery of fire would make that workable.
Every day I see more dead deer on the sides of the roads around here, and same situation in many states, especially this time of year. If you hit a deer and kill it, I don’t see any reason why not to butcher it, cook it and eat it. If it’s not been dead for too long, there’s nothing wrong with it, unless it’s been severely mangled by a 70 mph 18 wheeler. Better in colder weather though, it spoils fast in warmer weather.
Of course they are carrion!
When ever they killed something they had to carry on!..............
Were more forest fires started on purpose to take the rotting decaying meal less needed?
Now that airlines have stopped serving meals, a lot of use are relying on it.
Eating carrion is probably less risky than exposing to flu infected person in same room. The acid is stomach is strong enough to cause burn on fingers. Eating a poisonous snake is much less harmful than snake bite.
Another "good grief" moment. Everyone needs to ask themselves if they would do it. Of course they did!
100% agree.
In some places, it is legal to claim road kills. But there are cases where it has been abused and people arrested for poaching,
That's what our appendix was for. When we started salting and cooking meat, we no longer needed it.
Hmmm...So do the Sasquatch eat carrion, like dead deer and wolves, or are they hunters?
“Early humans used to make carrion luggage. Only later did they invent the wheel so they could actually go somewhere.“
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Unless you were in the Americas. Then you simply dragged your stuff behind you. Or had your slaves do it for you.
Oregon allows that.
During two summers as a forest firefighter in college, we supplemented our meals with roadkill, specifically deer killed on Skyline Boulevard or Highway 9 near our station (Saratoga Summit).
Road kill cuisine is a real thing here in these United States, where food (in or out of season, all year round) is more available, plentiful, and cheap than anywhere at any time in history. So, I found this pretty compelling. That reminds me, I’ve got to clean the Car-B-Q.
Probably opportunistic feeders. Reportedly they don’t like dogs.
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