Tag Archives: biology

Does biology determine who we are?

By Katinka Hesselink - All Considering | November 26th, 2008

It’s a bit funny to me that with all that is going on in the world - economic crashes, ecological transformation, oil depletion - we should still consider it an important issue to what extent our behavior is determined by biology.
People asking that question aren’t wondering whether we should go back to the Savanna, leave [...]

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Are humans meant to be vegetarian?

By Katinka Hesselink - All Considering | November 20th, 2008

I get this question all the time. People compare our biology to wolves, bears, horses, cows… Biologically we are most like pigs actually. Pigs are omnivores, but can live off a purely vegetable diet. So can we.
Cows have several stomachs so they can eat grass. Humans can only digest the grass we eat (wheat [...]

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