AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Human beings are omnivores. People eat plants, such as vegetables and fruits. We eat animals, cooked as meat or used for products like milk or eggs. We eat fungi such as mushrooms. We also eat algae, in the form of edible seaweeds such as nori, which are used to wrap sushi rolls, and sea lettuce, eaten in salads.

Detailed explanation-2: -Although many humans choose to eat both plants and meat, earning us the dubious title of “omnivore, ” we’re anatomically herbivorous. The good news is that if you want to eat like our ancestors, you still can: Nuts, vegetables, fruit, and legumes are the basis of a healthy vegan lifestyle.

Detailed explanation-3: -Omnivores are animals which are able to obtain energy and nutrients from both plant and animal sources. Examples of omnivores are primates such as humans, chimpanzees and bonobos, and also pigs, most bears, dogs and rats.

Detailed explanation-4: -Humans are definitely omnivores. The best evidence is our teeth: we have biting/tearing/ripping incisors and canines (like carnivores) and chewing molars (like herbivores). Animals with such diverse teeth tend to be omnivores.

Detailed explanation-5: -The only similarities we have to omnivores are the parts adapted to eating plants, such as flat molars. Humans’ mouths, jaws, teeth, throats, and digestive systems have not evolved to capture, kill, tear, swallow, and digest animals.