I have been a bit surprised that Herr Höflechner's thought-provoking and
well-referenced message of 21 February (see
http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?A2=ind9802&L=paleodiet&P=R334&D=0&H=0&O=
T&T=1 ) received no apparent notice by our membership.

My reading of the literature would support Höflechner's suggestion, given
that the pattern of men doing most of the hunting and women most of the
gathering in  foraging societies seems to be as close to a universal
constant as one can find in human social arrangements.  At least that's my
reading of the literature.  Does anyone have counterexamples or further
thoughts on the matter?

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                                                Jesus (B.C. 6?-30? A.D.)

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