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[โ€“] Lumisal@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If a species is straight up annihilating multiple species merely through predation, it's not statistically possible for it to be a small amount of meat. A wide variety of plants eaten, as pointed out in that paper, doesn't mean it was mostly a plant diet - if anything, that means it's likely humans primarily only ate plants while traveling during a hunt.

[โ€“] jet@hackertalks.com 3 points 1 day ago

primarily only ate plants while traveling during a hunt.

Or when meat was scarce!