HI,

The book, Mutant Messenger, has been thoroughly discredited. It was a
complete fabrication and the info not to be trusted.

Tom Barber


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jana Eagle" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 9:05 PM
Subject: Re: new world foods


> Todd Moody <[log in to unmask]> writes:
>
> > We've discussed on more than one occasion
> > Jared Diamond's description of living with hunter-gatherers in New
> > Guinea, and how the bulk of the food came from plant gathering.
>
> Has the book Mutant Message Down Under been mentioned?  It is a novel
> about a woman who lives for a few months with a "lost" and unknown (to
> western humans) tribe of australian aborigines.  she describes in some
> detail the foods that she ate with them (sorry, I wish I could
> remember the specifics but I remember grubs, reptiles, eggs and
> kangaroo, and some plant foods that i have never heard of).  Because it is
> a novel we can't say it is scientific but she must have got the
> information somewhere and some say that it is a true story.
>
>
> Jana
>