On Mon, 6 Jun 2005 15:00:49 -0500, Jim Swayze <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>I don't believe that milk in any form -- other than human milk for the first few years of your life -- is paleo. Perhaps partial adaptation has occurred in certain populations.
>
>Cordain: "Hominins, like all mammals, would have consumed the milk of their own species during the suckling period. >However, after weaning, the consumption of milk and milk products of other mammals would have been nearly >impossible...."
This seems to be based on Cordain's principle of "what did they eat", rather
than Ray's principle of "what could you eat with a sharpened stick".
It seems to me that old-style shepherds and dairy farmers don't need more than a
sharpened stick.
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Cheers,
Ken