On Friday, November 5, 2004, at 03:42 PM, Ingrid Bauer/Jean-Claude
Catry wrote:
>> By the way, I watched a TV special about hunters of the Amazon, and
>> noted all their old men had paunchy guts too. May just be a sign of
>> middle age.
>
> amazons tribes are not pure hunter gatherers there diet is based on
> domesticated starchy roots and bananas
> there is a possibility that the amazons was once a very tame place by
> anciant civilisations
Good points. I had forgotten that. And I don't recall which Amazonian
Indians they were anyway, they run the gamut.