Aaron:
>I think that's why tropical hunter/gatherer tribes eat only a small portion of
>their diet as meat, because their plant diet mostly nourishes them, whereas
>Eskimoes are forced by their circumstance in life, to hunt constantly for
>survival, not to hurt or kill animals for sport.

You'll have a hard time supporting such a supposition with references. All
sorts of tropical tribes eat a large portion of their diet as animal foods.
It just isn't as simple as "the farther from the equator, the more animal
foods in the diet"...

Cheers,
Kirt

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