From: "Keith Thomas" .
>
> Another neat thing about The Biology of Civilization is that it offers a
> number of principles by which to judge which foods, behaviours,
> technologies etc. are likely to lead to human and planetary health and
> well-being and which will not.  A bold endeavour, but one that may appeal
> to many of the people who post to this list asking if such-and-such a food
> is permissible.
>
"Must we build a new twenty-first century society corresponding to a
hunting/gathering culture?  Of course not; humans do not consciously make
cultures.  What we can do is single out those many things, large and small,
that characterized the social and cultural life of our ancestors - the terms
under which our genome itself was shaped - and incorporate them as best we
can by creating a modern life around them.  We take our cues from primal
cultures, the best wisdom of the deep desires of the genome.  We humans are
instinctive culture makers; given the pieces, the culture will reshape
itself."

Concluding paragraph of "Coming Home to the Pleistocene" by Paul Shepard
1998 ( his last book )

Ray Audette
Author "NeanderThin"
www.NeanderThin.com