On Wednesday, October 1, 2003, at 01:48  AM, Isaac Wedin wrote:

> Don Wiss wrote:
>> And do you really think our ancestors collected and ate flax seeds?
>
> Sure, just probably not in large quantities, and probably only in
> season. You think a hungry hunter/gatherer would just ignore some tasty
> seeds?
>

Also, don't forget that paleo people had MUCH heavier and stronger
teeth, especially molars, than we do today. Grinders. They were doing
something with those teeth, and it wasn't just meat eating. This is
true even of recent ancestors like Cro-Magnon 30,000 years ago.