Those were very interesting articles. I had never heard of this theory before. Please, allow me to reflect a bit. "ETH has theoretical competitors explaining the evolution of bigger brain size.For one, some scientists say that walking upright — “bipedalism” — is the most important way to support larger brain size." "'terrestriality,' the movement of early hominids from canopied forests — rich in lower-calorie foods — to savannahs, where small game, carrion, and insects supplemented a plant-based diet." I enjoy this statement because it explains how we didn't have to compete with lions. We just got small animals and the leftovers of whatever a lion ate. The other article stated that this is why we had the same bacteria as hyenas. "meat eating “made it possible for humans to evolve a larger brain size,” said Aiello. Early human ancestors probably consumed more animal foods — termites and small mammals – " "Our human ancestors were not wholly carnivores — “that would be silly,” said Aiello, who does not argue that meat-eating caused bigger brains — just that it made bigger brains possible." Now that's all about why we didn't have to compete with lions. Here's the part about why we don't even need meat. And since the hunters found it hard to get lots of meat, they shared it with large groups, increasing social activity which is a huge contribution to human evolution as well, but it also means that they ate it sparingly, living off of a lot of raw vegetables. "Our earliest ancestors ate their food raw -- fruit, leaves, maybe some nuts. When they ventured down onto land, they added things like underground tubers, roots and berries" Then there's this whole thing about cooking which also contributes to human evolution because we started to differentiate from animals immensely by using tools, and those big brains that we were growing so fond of. "It's not as if raw food isn't nutritious; it's just harder for the body to get at the nutrition." "starchy foods like turnips, cooking gelatinizes the tough starch granules and makes them easier to digest too. Even just softening food -- which cooking does -- makes it more digestible. In the end, you get more energy out of the food." So what's argued is that cooking might have led to our human evolution. In part of eating meats, but these were meats that lions didn't bother with. Which if you can even remember at this point is what I was arguing about in the first place when I said "stayed the fuck away from lions and tigers." Now for the human body not needing red meat. I don't even feel like arguing about it because I know it's true but you said I should take some anthropology classes to see that I would need it. But then there's th main anthropologist from the second article that you cited WHO IS A VEGETARIAN. "As I cut into my steak (Wrangham is a vegetarian; he settles for the mango and potatoes)" So thanks you for sharing that information with me. I really learned a lot and it really helped me prove that I was fucking right the whole time.