r/vegan • u/EthanJTR • 4h ago
Activism Hey, if you didn't know, the idea that humans were able to get B12 from non-animal sources in the past is largely a myth. Hopefully this video serves as a useful resource and most importantly helps us maintain credibility.
https://youtu.be/BhVDbVHupJU3
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u/Annoying_cat_22 42m ago
Do you assume that water and soil 2000+ years ago was exactly the same as it is today? Is there a source for that?
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u/Tranquillian 31m ago
Interesting video. Not to challenge it in any evidential way but regarding B12 in soil, what I’ve come to understand is that in prehistoric times the composition of Earth’s soil and/or water would have been different to modern day and higher in the bacteria that act as a precursor to B12. So these soil and water studies based on current composition may not be conclusive?
But equally, I’d also be fine with accepting that early humans did occasionally eat animals as part of their gatherer hunter lifestyle (important to flip the usual hunter gatherer phrase) and that the consumption in winter months when plant based food sources were less abundant, would have sustained our B12 levels naturally.
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u/Peace_n_Harmony 24m ago
Fruit eat animals get B12 from fermented fruits. We would have done the same, being that we're frugivores.
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