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Todd Moody wrote:
> . In the
> wild the amounts of body fat would be quite modest compared to
> the modern obese human, of course. But I don't imagine that
> obesity was an issue for many paleolithic HGs. On the contrary,
> if they could find enough chow to add a few pounds, so much the
> better.
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> Todd, do you have any thoughts re the "Venus" figures, some of which have
> been dated back to paleo HG's? As you know, many of these depict a very
> obese female form and I think there is much controversey over the
> inspiration for and meaning of these; it is a curiosity relative to the
> inference, which I feel is sensible, that obesity probably was not a typical
> issue for paleo HG's. Rick
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