Kylix wrote:

> I've also seen a BBC program where they said that
> most Europeans actually produce an enzyme that
> breaks down alcohol, as opposed to Asians, among
> whom only a small percentage produce the same enzyme.
>
> They hypothesized that alcohol played a part in the
> European's evolution, mainly as a water sterilizer (for
> Asians, the means of water sterilization was boiling, ergo,
> tea). This, they say, explains the fact that Europeans have
> greater tolerance for alcohol.

Exactly.

> Of course chocolate is *probably* not paleo. Or is it?

It is not.

-gts