Should we eat meat? : evolution and consequences of modern carnivory /

• Main Author: Smil, Vaclav
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Wiley, 2013.
• Subjects: Meat.; Meat industry and trade.; Vegetarianism.; Meat > Health aspects.; COOKING > General.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Food Science.; Electronic books.

This book is a wide-ranging and interdisciplinary examination and critique of meat consumption by humans, throughout history and around the world. Setting the scene with a chapter on meat's role in human evolution and it's growing influence during the development of agricultural practices,...