hrm
if I recall correctly, the move towards increased cranial capacity was a result of being frugivorous, and having to retain mental maps of which trees were producing fruit at different times of year...

Meat-eating was a relative late-comer to hominid development, and even then was more or less limited to scavenging. Hunting is waaay down the line, and has generally - even in foraging societies - contributed less than 20% of the total calorific intake.

That said, whereas meat eating cannot be conclusively tied to brain power, snarfing down a massive steak is undeniably more manly and appealing than nibbling on a damp legume, so it possibly contributed to breeding somewhat.
( Happy Phantom has been to Hastings, Brighton, and Eastbourne too, Thu 1 Apr 2010, 16:58, 1 reply)

Really, we're meant to eat fish.

( Digeridude Lord Wellington's Beef Trapeze, Thu 1 Apr 2010, 17:06, closed)

I prefer them in their natural habitat
Growing thickly in the fertile soils of this green and pleasant land, buried to the gills, tails swaying majestically back and forth at the whim of the summer breeze.

At least I imagine this is where they're from, as they're apparently a part of a vegetarian diet.
( Happy Phantom has been to Hastings, Brighton, and Eastbourne too, Thu 1 Apr 2010, 17:08, closed)

I suppose people who call themselves vegetarians but who eat fish
are a little like people who call themselves christians but who support war -- both are missing a few key points there.
(louveciennes , Volvospotter, Thu 1 Apr 2010, 18:51, closed)