“When you see dead animals on the side of the road, are you tempted to stop and snack on them? Does the sight of a dead bird make you salivate? Do you daydream about killing cows with your bare hands and eating them raw? If you answered “no” to these questions, congratulations—like it or not, you’re an herbivore.”
The first two would be signs of ‘a scavenger.’
The third is a sign of a predator. And i have. Used to read a lot of Edgar Rice Burroughs.
We’re omnivores.
“According to biologists and anthropologists who study our anatomy and our evolutionary history, humans are herbivores who are not well suited to eating meat.”
We evolved as scavengers. We left our teethmarks on the bones of animals killed by bigger predators.
"Humans lack both the physical characteristics of carnivores”
Our dentition argues otherwise.
“and the instinct that drives them to kill animals and devour their raw carcasses.”
That’s not the definition of ‘carnivore.’
Also, we evolved along with the discovery of fire. So we cook our meat, which allowed us to live with less-robust digestive systems, which means we can’t redily eat raw meat like we used to. Fire softens it and ensafens it, to a degree.