On Sunday, June 15, 2003, at 12:07 AM, Marilyn Harris wrote:
>
> Could early man afford to be intoxicated even for a short time, given
> his
> rather dangerous environment (sabre-tooth tigers and other large hungry
> predators)?
>
Well, humans have been top level carnivores for a million years or so.
Other animals avoid us, not vice versa.