On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 04:17:23 -0500, Keith Thomas <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>  Considering the amount of grit these people would have
> chewed in their normal diet (100? 1000? times more than us today?), this
> continually amazes me.
>

Difficult to compare modern and paleo food preparation customs, but
condsidering that raccoons are said to wash their food, I don't see why
paleoman could not have done likewise.
Might not have been needed, since we are *trained* to chew our food;
experimenters have found it unnecessary to chew raw meat, and those with
access to the right kind of stone could have mushed anything else.

William


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