On Tue, 8 Jul 1997, Kathryn Majid wrote:

> I always thought that cooking is what allowed our ancestors to increase the
> meat quotient of their diet since we don't have the the teeth other carnivors
> have for ripping into raw flesh.  I probably don't know what I'm talking
> about.  Someone please enlighten me.

        I think the NeanderThin arguement is that it was tools that did
the tooth work, knives and heavy rocks for tenderizing.  Give me a large
slab of raw moose and an obsidian dagger and I'll be able to eat my fill
of meat.

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