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Should We Eat Meat? Evolution and Consequences of Modern Carnivory

Paperback • 2013 • English

Should We Eat Meat? Evolution and Consequences of Modern Carnivory

By Vaclav Smil

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About the book

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, the book goes on to examine modern production systems, their costs, efficiencies and outputs. The major global trends of meat consumption are described: what part does meat play in changing modern diets in cou...Show more

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ISBN

9781118278727

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Published year

2013

Language

English

Original title

Should We Eat Meat? Evolution and Consequences of Modern Carnivory

Format

Paperback

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