Eating Meat Allowed Humans to Conquer Globe page

[Twibble]

Eating Meat Allowed Humans to Conquer Globe, Scientists Say

Apparently it's connected to the weaning period and allowed the human population to grow faster.

[BennettC]

great article, thanks for posting

[Alex Good]

My mother actually gave birth to my brother before I was weaned so their increased pregnancy rate argument makes no sense. Although I'm sure that kids are more likely to start eating early if they have bacon waiting for them as opposed to lettuce.

[magicmerl]

My mother actually gave birth to my brother before I was weaned so their increased pregnancy rate argument makes no sense.

You must not understand probability then.

All breastfeeding has to do is decrease the chances of pregnancy to affect the birth rate.

[Alex Good]

You must not understand probability then.

All breastfeeding has to do is decrease the chances of pregnancy to affect the birth rate.

They said it inhibits pregnancy, which I took to mean prevents. My mother is unnaturally fertile though so that could have something to do with it.

[magicmerl]

Yeah, it very much depends on the hormones of the woman in question. I wouldn't rely on breastfeeding as the sole form of birth control.

[Lewis]

"Conquer" the globe. LOL

Of course, eating a relatively bad diet and weaning the baby onto it as soon as possible allows even more expansion of the population. This is how you get cities.

Thanks for the heads up, Twibble.

Just looked up the paper. This one's coming from German and Swedish academics. (I wonder if the Swedes are LCHF people themselves.)

PLoS ONE: Impact of Carnivory on Human Development and Evolution Revealed by a New Unifying Model of Weaning in Mammals

[Lukey]

"Conquer" the globe. LOL

Of course, eating a relatively bad diet and weaning the baby onto it as soon as possible allows even more expansion of the population. This is how you get cities.

Thanks for the heads up, Twibble.

Just looked up the paper. This one's coming from German and Swedish academics. (I wonder if the Swedes are LCHF people themselves.)

PLoS ONE: Impact of Carnivory on Human Development and Evolution Revealed by a New Unifying Model of Weaning in Mammals

From what i hear the LCHF diet is huge in sweden.

[Bron]

I wonder why societies they got their information from? the !Kung tribe generally have a 4 yr break between babies. And like Alex's mum, all of mine (except the first of course) were conceived while a sibling was still feeding. Mine have about a 2.5 yr break between them.