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>the only reason humans grew brains to be functional (somewhat in your case) was because of meat and animal fats.
That's a theory, child. I know that midwits don't understand what theories are, but I'll try to break it down for you, ok?

It's impossible to know what exactly caused early hominids (not "humans", by the way) to start developing larger brains because this took place millions of years ago. All we can do is make educated guesses about the physiological and evolutionary processes that might have spurred this development. These guesses are called "theories" and when it comes to the history of the development of our brain, there are many.

One theory is the one you (attempted) to describe, that meat, specifically cooked meat, provided early hominids with the caloric surplus to grow larger brains. But there are plenty of animals that eat nothing but meat and they didn't magically grow human brains, did they? That aside, there are many theories that have nothing to do with "meat and animal fats". As one example:

>http://cogweb.ucla.edu/Abstracts/Pennisi_99.html
>A controversial new theory suggests that cooking--in particular, cooking tubers--sparked a crucial turning point in human evolution

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