At 03:10 1999-05-04 GMT, Ken wrote:
>Natural selection does not care what happens to you after the age of
>propagation - 30? 40? -

As we are social, our health when older matters for selection, as we can
help our children and grandchildren to get more offspring.


>c) This one, referenced above in the context that "periods of fasting naturally
>occurred in the lives of ancient man", is the silliest one yet.    Periods of
>having one's arm chewed off by predators also happened to occur - is this the
>next health regime? :-)

This is my opinion as well!

- Hans