human beings learned many years ago that they could dry their meat using the sun slowly and naturally.
the jerky you buy from the gas station was dried using appliances fast and they ad tons of garbage to it. completely unnatural and a processed food.
so you can either sun dry your own meat or avoid it. and i don't recommend dried meat to be consumed very often either. you actually want to stick with organs, skin, fat, and bone marrow. muscle and dried portions are not the healthy parts of the animal. i warn guys that consuming dried meat often will lead to major intestinal issues, you could even find it impossible to have a bowel movement so you are going to want to make sure if you do mess around with it you also get in your fiber.
it would be like eating dried fruit vs. ripe watery fruit.