On 12/29/2011 07:56 AM, Allan Balliett wrote:

>> It is generally said, but I don't know that it is true, that early
>> human populations lived near the sea, so externally sourced iodine
>> (SEAWEED) has always been part of our diet.

Probably not true.
Paleoman needed no extra iodine because there was no such thing as 
bromine dominance, fluorine and heavy metals to detox.
Seaweed has lots of bromine, and always did.

William