On Mon, 9 Jun 2003, gts wrote:

> You are failing to make the important distinction between very modest
> paleolithic consumption of alcohol from natural fermenting fruits found in
> nature, and the massive consumption of alcohol after humans learned to make
> wine, beer, and then (much later) distilled spirits.

How many people do you know that eat rotten fruit?

I'm sure it's possible that our paleo ancestors ingested alcohol in the
form of rotten fruit in times of need or starvation.

My argument was that alcohol was not part of the paleo diet.

If the question is, did paleo folks ingest alcohol incidentally as a
result of eating rotten fruit, sure I would agree with that.

Craig