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I dont know about digging out some reputable research papers for you, that sort of thing is such a headache.
But it is generally accepted as common knowledge these days in the health & fitness world. So much so that things like "paleo/caveman" diets have become an in vogue fad.
Basically our species spent the largest part of their evolutionary history consuming only meat as the significant part of the diets. Eating plant products before the advent of modern crop varieties and agriculture would be massively innefficient and basically make it impossible to survive.
Animals are incredibly nutrient dense. Even modern variants of cattle & sheep contain the large amounts of omega-3 fatty acids which are essential to our health, you do not need to take fish oil supplements, some beef ribs are just fine.
People like inuits have had research done on them in modern times, where there are still a few communities whom rely purely on things like Seals & fish in the diet. They consume absolutely no carbohydrate traditionally.
Even mainstream BBC documentaries have been up there looking at this. They found that even a temporary period on the traditional pure carnivore diet had an incredibly good alround effect on heath when they tried it on some british subjects. Cholesterol levels, blood pressure and such were all improved on people who were already thought to be healthy.
A good place to ask for more information is:
http://activenocarber.myfreeforum.org/index.php
I however, very much enjoy my milk, bread & potatoes.