In a message dated 8/2/02 7:29:34 PM, [log in to unmask] writes:

>Hey, why should we imagine paleo people were never fat?
>Don't forget the venus figures. In fact the ONLY human
>representations we have from that era are obese. Suggestive, anyway.

From what I can gather a lot can be surmised from bones -- and it appears
they were lean and muscular (tall too). Post agriculture evidence of
adiposity can be found-- seems that Egyptian mummies quite often had excess
flesh -- yet never see anyone fat in their art. Also there evidence from
latter day hunter -gatherers. The fat goddesses we have have from the stone
age probably represent the importance of fat for survival and successful
reproduction.

Namaste, Liz
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