Omnivorous adaptations seen in humans include our teeth structure, dexterous hands, and historical ability to adapt to nearly any environment.
Herbivores usually have adaptations like cellulase, ruminating, and coprophagia to cope with digesting plant matter. They also consume meat in many cases.
Gorillas, pandas… basically every great ape we evolved from, or in parallel with: all herbivores. Many of them have sharper and larger canines than us and more dextrous hands.
Our closest living relatives: chimpanzees and bonobos; both frugivores.
We share far more similarities with frugivores than any other species classified as an omnivore. There is a very good argument to be made that only reason humans are ‘omnivores’ is our modern diet, ergo: humans currently eat significant amounts of meat and so are classified as such by biologists - but it is a behavioural definition, not physiological.
The bigger issue is really ‘what is good for us’, and there are study after study coming out every month saying we should be eating more fibre, plants, antioxidants, etc - and far less meat and saturated fats.
Omnivorous adaptations seen in humans include our teeth structure, dexterous hands, and historical ability to adapt to nearly any environment.
Herbivores usually have adaptations like cellulase, ruminating, and coprophagia to cope with digesting plant matter. They also consume meat in many cases.
Gorillas, pandas… basically every great ape we evolved from, or in parallel with: all herbivores. Many of them have sharper and larger canines than us and more dextrous hands.
Our closest living relatives: chimpanzees and bonobos; both frugivores.
We share far more similarities with frugivores than any other species classified as an omnivore. There is a very good argument to be made that only reason humans are ‘omnivores’ is our modern diet, ergo: humans currently eat significant amounts of meat and so are classified as such by biologists - but it is a behavioural definition, not physiological.
The bigger issue is really ‘what is good for us’, and there are study after study coming out every month saying we should be eating more fibre, plants, antioxidants, etc - and far less meat and saturated fats.