Keith Thomas wrote:
>
> Date:         Tue, 15 Oct 2002 12:23:00 +0900
> From:         Tom <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject:      Re: Cordain's fat, (now eating it raw.)
> <snip>
> >I don't think our paleo
> >ancestors had any trouble,
> >but they had a lifetime to build
> >resistance to raw meat parasites.
>
> Before the Agricultural revolution of 10,000 - 3,000 ya, there were far
> fewer animal parasites.  When animals were roaming free and not forced to
> live on the same confined plot of land continuously, they would not have
> anything like the propensity to pick up parasites.

I am not so sure, though it makes logical sense. There are
plenty of parasites among wild animals today. I think the
social animals like cattle lived close enough together to
share diseases.