We were smarter then, so the assumption is, IMHO, warranted.

William


On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 16:57:45 -0500, <[log in to unmask]> wrote:


>
> Not sure whether it does or not -- and I'm not claiming that Phil's  
> making this point -- but I do want to point out that simply showing that  
> some activity preceded agriculture doesn't mean that it's good for  
> humans.  We seem to sometimes make that assumption: We did it before the  
> neolithic, therefore it's a natural or healthy activity.