At 22:33 1999-10-30 -0400, Todd wrote:

>And consider.  If humans themselves never ate wild grains, why
>would they go to the trouble of domesticating and cultivating the
>things?  Why would they choose an inedible food as a crop?  There
>is a paradox here.

People 10+ kya were at least as inventive as today. When there was
a shortage of other food they of course investigated everything that
was around to see if it could be used.
Humans of all times have invented only what they need.

- Hans