On Tue, 12 Feb 2002 15:49:33 +1030, Jim Walsh
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>Primitive hunter gatherers are reported to have used hundreds of
>different food items regularly.

In many cases though individual paleolithic groups
were limited by the herds in the area and what plants were in
season and local.

Also, perhaps "primitive" is too harsh a word:

     http://www.anthro.uiuc.edu/Department/OLGA.html


Philip Thrift
http://www.geocities.com/paleofitness