On March 12, 2001 11:16 AM, Philip Thrift wrote:

> On Mon, 12 Mar 2001 10:40:51 -0500, Norm Skrzypinski <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> >I think it's safe to say that until recently, raw food has always been on
> >the menu.  Only recently has cooked food predominated.
>
> What planet was this the history of :-)

Right here, on the third rock.

Pond scum is the ancestor of all living things on this mud ball.  It took
1.5 billion years (of this orb's existence) to create slime.  It took
another 4 billion trips around Sol to turn that slime into you (and me).
For all but a hair's-breadth of that time-line, life was lived at tropical
room temperature or less.

Norm