These recent changes may have been made possible by adapting to cooked food. Or more to the point: if "we" had not started cooking, we may not be speaking. http://www.beyondveg.com/billings-t/comp-anat/comp-anat-6b.shtml On Mon, 3 Dec 2001 14:33:47 -0500, Paul Getty <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Two million years ago "human" teeth were very different. >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Wally Ballou" <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 8:56 PM >Subject: Re: ...protest too much... >> Well... you say that the information you accept shows that humans evolved >> to virtually their current state about 2 million years ago, and that they >> then managed to survive without fire for about a half million years >> beyond that.