Todd Moody wrote:

> Jared Diamond's book _The Third Chimpanzee_ has been a very
> illuminating read for me because he comments on the nature of the
> evidence for various conclusions about ancient hominids, rather
> than simply making assertions (although he does some of that,
> too).
>
> Jared Diamond's more recent, Guns, Germs, and Steel is also a good read
> surveying the last 13,000 years and the issue of why some regions developed
> agriculture and subsequent industry displacing hunting and gathering;  it is not
> probative of the issue of proper diet that we pursue on this list but is an
> attempt to explain how we arrived at where we are, SAD and all.  Rick