Ray Audette <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>As humans have only been eating grains for about 350 generations,

Ray,

How long is a generation? If we exclude the longer rice eating Asians and
stick with grain growing, we have 10,000 years for people in the Near East,
down to 5,000 years for much of Europe, and less than 2,000 for some very
far from the grain start. So it could be a lot less than 350. Maybe better
presented with a range of generations depending on where your ancestors are
from.

I'm taking my numbers from this article:

Lutz, W.J., "The Colonisation of Europe and Our Western Diseases", Medical
Hypotheses, Vol. 45, pages 115-120, 1995

I have a text version of the article that I can e-mail, but can't make
available on the web or a list for copyright reasons. It lacks exhibits so
the real article is better. If you want this copy, please don't reply to
this message but e-mail me at [log in to unmask]

Don.