On Fri, 12 May 2000 06:50:42 -0400, Michael Allen Smith
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:


>I don't believe I made myself clear.  I'm looking more for ways to
>investigate the underlying basis for the Paleo diet.  This diet is based on
>assumptions that may or may not be true.  How do scientists dig up bones
and
>then are able to say that this person ate these foods, was this healthy,
and
>lived this long?

http://paleodiet.com points to studies of structure and
composition of bones and especially teeth.

Philip Thrift
Principles of Paleofitness
http://pthrift.homepage.com/paleofitness.html