I'm not alone in suspecting the extinct megafauna of North America were delicious -- and that humans may have played a part in making them extinct. There's new evidence that tends to support the notion that big critters were what's for dinner.
Woolly mammoth, giant sloth -- you get just one of those, and you've fed the whole tribe, and probably gained enough leather to clothe half of them or make a new tent. Lots of useful bone and sinew, too. Those hunts may have been our first team sport and maybe that's why spending a weekend afternoon watching the Big Game is so appealing to so many people. Almost as good as a big hunt with all your pals, and the feast afterward. Go team mammoth-hunter!
The basis of the joke punchline "Vegetarian etymology: poor hunter."
ReplyDeleteIt's a silly joke: we're omnivores, and fruits, vegetables and fungus are our dietary mainstays. Our long-ago ancestors got meat when they could, and ate most of it on the spot.
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