The Role of Meat in Human Evolution

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Humanity's healthiest and longest life expectancies have been within the last few years.
Meat consumption may have played a role in the expansion of the human brain.
Cooking vegetables may have also contributed to brain development.
Attributing human evolution solely to meat consumption is a flawed premise.
Evolution is a slow process that occurs over centuries and cannot be influenced within one lifetime.

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Note: In our discussion of Jordan Peterson’s political correctness lecture, I made a sarcastic comment about looking “slim in this dress.” After the episode came out, we started hearing from listeners that my comment reminded them of fatphobic jokes they’d heard in the past and didn’t feel consistent with the message of the show. They were right! It was a bad joke and we've removed it from the episode. We'll be discussing this and our approach to handling feedback and editing past episodes in more detail soon. Thanks to everyone who wrote in to let us know! — Mike

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