On Thu, 3 May 2001 13:07:07 -0500, Amadeus Schmidt <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Despite all uncertainty, for example I feel sure that the population who
ate
> a high meat diet (>50% calories) was limited to a very small timeframe and
>in turn a very small genetic influence on us.

"Coincidentally" *this* was the critical time frame in the transition from
the time of homo erectus to the time of modern homo sapiens, and
the dramatic increase in brain size to what is is today.

Philip Thrift
http://www.paleofitness.com