LIFE AMONG NEANDERTHALS

LIFE AMONG NEANDERTHALS

Up until about 30,000 years ago, Homo Sapiens lived side by side among Neanderthals, so closely that interbreeding was common. Some people even today have Neanderthal DNA. No one knows for sure how Neanderthals disappeared, but one reason scientists agree on is evolution.

Some researchers have found that Neanderthals were cannibalistic. (Paleo diet) Can you imagine the horror Homo Sapiens had watching Neanderthals eat?

It is very difficult for Vegans to live among the “Neanderthals”. It is a horrifying image, watching them slurp down their burgers and bacon, without any regard to the lives they have just taken. The indifference to the suffering of others and planet destruction are very hard to take.

Evolution can take thousands of years and many generations to show up. Humans are still evolving. Could veganism be part of evolution? 

Think about it. Man’s activities involving meat, dairy and egg consumption are destroying our planet. 70% of our land is going to maintaining these industries. 91% of rainforest destruction and 51%* of greenhouse gases is caused by animal agriculture. Drought, dead zones, water pollution all mainly caused by animal agriculture.

Researchers have found that Vegans’ brains are different from omnivores.  We are more empathic and altruistic than omnivores. We look at all animals, humans and non-human, with empathy. Could this change in our brains be Mother Earth trying to change humans to save herself?

Vegans are growing in number. Veganism is going mainstream. Currently about 7% of the US population alone considers themselves Vegan. The number is even higher in other countries.

The number of Vegans is growing. Mother Earth is on our side. Hopefully, our numbers will grow fast enough to save her.

 

*51% is methane, co2, nitrous oxide emissions, plus emission from transporting, processing and rain forest destruction.