Dear Rick,

I wish I had time to go find the sources for you, but I don't.   I can tell 
you that most primatologists do not agree with McArdle.   Leakey said that 
chimps, the most violent of all the primates, and the only one to eat any 
quantity of meat, would routinely go 6 months without meat.   Our digestive 
tract is identical to theirs, and they are all considered frugivores

In a message dated 3/5/2003 5:42:09 PM, [log in to unmask] writes:


> 
> Hi, Loren . . .
> 
> I'm curious.  Would you mind sharing some of the scientific sources
> for the above quote?  I'm specifically interested in journals, etc.
> I'd like to follow up on your view.
> 
> My experiences are opposite to yours . . .
> 
> "John McArdle, Ph.D., an anatomist and primatologist, a vegetarian,
> and scientific advisor to the American Anti-Vivisection Society,
> summarizes the situation clearly [McArdle 1996, p. 174]:
> 
>   Humans are classic examples of omnivores in all relevant anatomical
> traits. There is no basis in anatomy or physiology for the assumption
> that humans are pre-adapted to the vegetarian diet."
> 
> Rick in Vancouver
>