Yes, they say humans have relatively short intestines
compared to herbivores. But more interesting is
the claim that women, on the average, have longer
intestines than men. Perhaps because they gathered
veggies while the men looked for meat..? (I hesitate
to say "hunted" because some researchers say
we mostly scavenged) Makes you think..
On Sat, 6 Dec 2003 11:29:56 -0500, Don Wiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 1. Our lower abdonmen. The chimps rib cage splays out as it nears the
> waist and most chimps look like they have a pot-belly. This is not due
> to lack of excersise, or being over weight. It's due to needing a large
> digestive tract to draw all of the nutrients out of plant material. Our
> rib cage narrows as it nears the waist and a human in good phyiscal
> shape has a realtivly flat stomach as meat needs much less digestive
> tract to pull out the nutrients.
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