On Fri, 27 Oct 2000 01:27:29 -0400, Wally Ballou <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >No, I assume that these tasty and abundant sources of ESSENTIAL fats and >proteins WERE consumed as a matter of course, and preferentially whenever >they were available. On the other hand, you seem to find it necessary >(despite your protestations) to obfuscate the issue by coming up with all >sorts of reasons that "megafauna" could not possibly have been a >significant part of the diet, as if that was the ONLY possible source of >available animal protein... There are only two kinds of essential fats: alpha-linoleic acid (LA)and alpha-linolenic acid (LNA). Both are readily available from plants. Protein consists of 21 amino acids of which 9 are essential. All of these are readily available from plants. What was your point about animal protein? Lucy on the plane with a grassho-ho-hopper or Lucy on the plane with a tu-u-uber? You'd prefer the grasshopper? Ok I take the tuber. Any bets what's more satisfying? (You like to bet, don't you?) >> You don't mean a band of Australopithecine women, Lucy and sisters, >> do you? > >Yes Amadeus, that is precisely what I mean... > >If you honestly doubt their abilities, I suggest you consider how you >would fare against ONE adult female chimpanzee. What would you suppose such a band of women might do with me? I am tasty. But I am not interested in chimpanzee girls and i suppose also not so much in Australopithecines (though Lucy was charming). I think I missed to include the ;-) Amadeus