At 17:20 1998-10-16 -0400, JoAnn wrote:

>wait, i thought that these early European people (like before Cro-Magnon,
>approx 40,000 ya) were not homo sapiens.  if they are not, this has no
>bearing on what we should be eating, does it?

That is true, but our ancestors living in Africa at that time probably
were similar to the Boxgrove people, and so had the ability to kill
large game, although not exactly the same species. This ability is not
connected with the use of better hunting weapons of Cro-Magnons.

- Hans