Although I base this on very little personal study, my gut feeling is  
Wally is right.

Jim

On May 14, 2009, at 3:23 PM, Day, Wally wrote:

> Very nicely put Phil - fair and balanced.
>
> I would also like to point out that as time goes by, everything  
> seems to be getting pushed further and further back into antiquity.  
> Especially the use of fire. First it was 50,000 years ago, Then  
> over 100,000. Then 350,000. Then 750,000. Now, (and I have read the  
> supporting evidence), a million and a half.
>
> Which brings up the next question. What is the likelihood that  
> humans, and especially "modern" humans (of the last 150,00 or so  
> years), would not have at least tested the cooking of various  
> foodstuffs? Sorry, raw-foodists, the argument that cooking is  
> "unnatural" just doesn't hold water (and this statement is coming  
> from someone who prefers most of my food raw or barely heated above  
> room temperature).