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On Wed, 7 Feb 2001, Philip Thrift wrote:
> Like I've said, I think of our species as hunter/cookers :-).
I agree with that, but in addition I suspect that plant foods
were cooked for a long time as well. As Wrangham and others have
argued, cooked plant foods leave fewer durable traces, so the
archeological record has a "bias" toward signs of cooked meat --
charred bones, for example. Parched grains wouldn't last long,
and neither would stone-baked tubers. And of course soaking is
even simpler than cooking. All that is needed is a vessel, such
as an animal stomach or bladder, and some water. I don't argue
that this justifies a bean-and-grain based diet, but I do believe
that these goods were part of the paleo diet, even if not a
dominant part. It's not all or nothing.
Todd Moody
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