Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 14:56:14 EDT Charles Alban posted: << Well, ok. But they are small, and you won't find any pears, apples, oranges or bananas hanging around in the wild. So the amount of sugar paleo people would have obtained from this source would have been relatively small. My reply: pear seeds have been found dating back 10,000 years, in caves used by ancient lake dwellers of Switzerland. According to anthropologists, the types and kinds of vegetables and fruits consumed by HGs varied with their locale. In some regions, fruits were incredibly prolific, throughout most of the year. Your assumptions do not fit with what has been found by anthropologists who have studied and lived with various primitive, non-agricultural groups in different parts of the world. You seem to be making assumptions based on a limited group of people. Have you read about the Kitava study, posted on the paleo digest? These people eat a significant amount of carbohydrate-rich plants. Regards, Rachel