Does Apes eat meat more than Humans?

Most primates eat meat rarely, if at all, but meat sometimes provides substantial immediate energy and protein gains. Plenty of Apes also eat meat.

It is true that the Apes eat less meat than the humans do because they are not as smart as humans. Humans require a large amount of energy to run efficiently. That is the reason why kids don’t learn well when they’re malnourished. The brain shut down and goes into “energy saving mode.”

Meats are very rich in protein. It gives a huge amount of energy and essential nutrients at little time and cost. Meat is generally easier and faster to digest than plant-based foods. That’s why cow speed 16 hours a day eating grass while humans only spend 1 hour a day eating meat and other foods to get their quota of energy requirements.

Studies about the development of human brains

Many studies are out there showing how eating meat and animal fats and bone marrow help in the development of human brains. The prevailing theory is called the Expensive Tissue Hypothesis, where hominids shifted to eating meat and animal fats around 1.5 million years old, which resulted in a change in brain size and the digestive tract.

As our diet shifted to the nutrient and energy dense meat, our brain got bigger and our stomachs got smaller, as long intestinal tracts were no longer needed to absorb nutrients from slow-to-digest plant matter. Cooking food to make the digestion process faster and efficient just turbo-boosted the process even further.

In Conclusion

So, it is not true that apes do not meat. They do eat meat but humans eat more meat compared to any apes. It is widely accepted that eating meat allows us humans to develop our intelligence in the first place.