Butcher Meat Reference Research 
Animal Person
AUGUST 16, 2011
He pairs conventional wisdom with actual research on such wisdom and speaks to experts who’ve been pondering the issues from the perspectives of their various disciplines. The research, much of the time, doesn’t support the conventional wisdom (which is not to say the case is closed on any issue).
10,000 Birds
MARCH 15, 2012
The topic was the concept of humans as predators, or hunters, or really, eaters of meat, and I was discussing the many ways in which people misconceived this notion. Even though this referred to a period after the supposed “scavenging” phase, it lent support to the idea of a stepwise evolution of the ability to hunt.
Animal Person
OCTOBER 26, 2009
He always refers to himself and his wife and his child as "vegetarian." And what follows, as you might imagine, is his support of "ethical meat" (for those who insist on eating animals). This is not a book about animal rights, and some might say Foer gets animal rights wrong as his only reference is PETA. He never says he is.
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