Keith Thomas wrote:

> What I'd really like to know is what the fat profile and content was of
> the animals consumed by our paleolithic ancestors in the late
> Pleistocene.

> I would really like to know the ratio of SFA : MUFA : PUFA in each of
> these four classes, also the profiles of EFAs within those three groups,
> especially, of course the Omega-6 and Omega-3s.  ..
 > Do any list subscribers have further information which helps
establish >a Pleistocene benchmark?

Udo Erasmus has such a table in "Fats that heal, Fats that kill", page
224, 225. Comparing Pigs and Wild warthog, various cattle types like
domestic, Zebu and wild Eland/Buffalos.
Comparing total fat and SFA,MUFA, LA, LNA, AA, DHA.

There are very fundamental differences.

For example:

Cattle       SFA-16  -18   MUFA     LA     LNA    20:4w6  22:6w3
wild          16      20    21       16      5    8.2      3.2
domestic      28      12    40       2.1    0.8   0.7      0.8


regards

Amadeus S.