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> In my view caucasian man
> also adapted very well to drinking milk, since most caucasians can digest
> raw milk without problems, and to their great advantage. but i dont argue
> its merits on this list, since it is not paleo

Andrew, could I sidetrack you for a moment from your present argument
without engaging you in another?  :-)  I am one of those for whom dairy
seems not to be a problem, though I'm trying to eradicate the last 2
tablespoons of it from my diet to become a paleo purist as we currently best
understand it.

On pgs. 189-90, Ray Audette says that "[t]he least taboo of the forbidden
fruits include dairy products (such as butter, yogurt, and cheese)....[Y]ou
may find that including small amounts of dairy...will produce no significant
health problems."  So I don't think dairy is off-topic here.

Would you care to offer a brief run-down on what you think the
merits/advantages are?  I'm not calling your views into question, just
merely wondering what they might be.

I read somewhere (Paleodiet archives, I think) that Paleo humans almost
assuredly got small amounts of cheese (made from rennet) in their diets from
the stomach contents of young animals they killed or scavenged.   That made
sense to me.  (And possibly answers why there has been an adaptive response
in most caucasians?)

Thanks,
Theola