Carnivory

Most humans consume meat; there is a latitudinal range of variation where foragers at higher latitudes eat more meat than those at low latitudes. Animal products (meat and fat) can comprise up to 50% of total calories in regions of high latitudes. Meat-eating, albeit comprising a small proportion of their diet, occurs among baboon and cebus monkeys as well as chimpanzees and bonobos; but not other apes except humans. In contrast, many humans generally consume much greater amounts of meat from a large variety of animals (mammals, fish, mollusks).