Why billions of people won’t eat pork (or why we don’t know)

Thanks to Squarespace for sponsoring this video! Go to for a free trial, and when you’re ready to launch, go to and add code “RAGUSEA“ at checkout to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain. “The Sacred Cow and the Abominable Pig, “1987 book by Marvin Harris about meat taboos: 2015 paper about how chicken may have supplanted pork in ancient Middle Eastern diets (not free): 2015 paper showing that pig-eating persisted among ancient Israelites, particularly those in the Northern Kingdom: