Original sentence: (Of course, humans who kill and eat animals will be, according to the teachings, more likely to reincarnate as animals themselves than to achieve the enlightened state.) However, Felipe Fernández-Armesto writes that early hunter-gatherer societies such as the Innu  and many animist religions  have lacked a concept of humanity and have placed non human animals and plants on an equal footing with humans
Edited sentence: However, Felipe Fernández-Armesto writes that early hunter-gatherer societies such as the Innu  and many animist religions  have lacked a concept of humanity and have placed non human animals and plants on an equal footing with humans