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> -----Original Message-----
> William wrote:
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> Postulate: yams were a weapon; get your neighbours to eat them, when
> they
> get fat and slow kill them and take over their territory. A
> paleo version
> of the Darwin award.
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> When I first joined this list, there was a member named Amadeus, who
> believed that tubers were the staple of paleoman. Amadedus was
> fiercely opposed by Andrew. Their squabbles were entertaining. Maybe
> worth looking in the archives, if interested. IIRC Andrew won.
Thanks William,
I had found Amadeus' posts about yams, but didn't find Andrew's refutations.
Do you have Andrew's full address he used in the forum? I tried searching
for "Andrew" in the "author's address" and "search for" fields, but didn't
find much.
> Tom Bri wrote: ... Plenty of skeletons have been found with tooth
> and bone deformities indicating periods of starvation. During
> those times they would have eaten anything close to edible,
> and figured out how to make the inedible taste good. No
> different from today in that. And probably, once they figured
> it out, they kept on doing it. Toss a few bakers [yams] on the
> coals, wait a while, sprinkle a little wind-dried sea-salt
> ;--) on them.......
>
What time periods and skeletal remains are you referring to, Tom?
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