On Sunday, February 15, 2004, at 03:00  AM, Lurisia Dale wrote:

> I think you would hard-pressed to find a legitimate scientific source
> claiming
> that humans are actually carnivores and not omnivores.  I know that
> Audette and
> Cordain would never claim that.

Some bone tests on prehistoric human bones suggest just that. The
carbon ratios are identical to those of wolves or lions, indicating a
diet of almost entirely meat.
>
> For me, personally, the best evidence of what our truly natural diet
> should be
> comes from watching other primates.  Nearly all of them eat some
> amount of
> fruits and vegetables.
>
>

Different primate  species vary widely in their diet, from insect
eaters, to fruit, to leaf eaters. Humans are the only living primate to
eat much meat.