The word meat comes from the Old English word mete, meaning food in general. In modern usage, meat primarily means skeletal muscle with its associated fat and connective tissue, but it can include offal, other edibl… See more

Paleontological evidence suggests that meat constituted a substantial proportion of the diet of the earliest humans. Early hunter-gatherers depended on the organized hunting of large animals such as bison… See more

Several factors affect the growth and development of meat.
Some economically important traits in meat animals are heritable to some degree, and can thus be selected for by animal breeding. In cattle, ce… See more