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On Nov 07, 2004, at 11:40 pm, Thomas Bridgeland wrote:
> I am not so sure. The hard part is determining what is paleo. My
> ancient ancestors never ate citrus fruits, for example, unless by
> chance some long ago ancestor was from east Asia and somehow made it
> over to England thousands of years ago. So am I adapted to citrus? It
> is a fruit, and not poisonous, but no ancestor of mine ate it until
> maybe a few hundred years ago at best.
I have wondered this too. But I remember hearing that we are all
descended from a very small population of humans, so maybe we do have
genes going back hundreds of thousands of years that are now becoming
relevant again. And don't forget that a similar thing applies to food-
plants grow in families. This is why I am happy to eat pecans,
because, despite them being a new world food, they are related to
walnuts, which are decidedly old-world (and decidedly tasty).
Ashley
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