Todd Moody wrote:

> .  In the
> wild the amounts of body fat would be quite modest compared to
> the modern obese human, of course.  But I don't imagine that
> obesity was an issue for many paleolithic HGs.  On the contrary,
> if they could find enough chow to add a few pounds, so much the
> better.
>
> Todd, do you have any thoughts re the "Venus" figures, some of which have
> been dated back to paleo HG's?  As you know, many of these depict a very
> obese female form and I think there is much  controversey over the
> inspiration for and meaning of these;  it is a curiosity relative to the
> inference, which I feel is sensible, that obesity probably was not a typical
> issue for paleo HG's.  Rick