(1) vegans have always existed, and our numbers include Leonardo Da Vinci and St David of Wales, a tribe who have been vegan for their 2000 year
existence, a group from a Chilean mining village who Charles Darwin commented on positively for their strength, and an ancient 5000 year old European body that
isotope tests showed to have eaten a plant - based diet (2) It is only
very recently that people have begun to eat so much meat.