After ingesting this compound, the body develops anti-Neu5Gc antibodies â an immune response that may trigger chronic inflammatory response. Low-grade, simmering inflammation that wonât go away has been linked to cancer and heart disease. The link between processed meat consumption and cancer is even stronger.
Evolution of reptiles. Reptiles arose about 310â320 million years ago during the Carboniferous period. Reptiles, in the traditional sense of the term, are defined as animals that have scales or scutes, lay land-based hard-shelled eggs, and possess ectothermic metabolisms.
It is also called the Age of Reptiles, a phrase introduced by the 19th century paleontologist Gideon Mantell who viewed it as dominated by reptiles such as Iguanodon, Megalosaurus, Plesiosaurus and what are now called Pseudosuchia.