On Fri, 13 Sep 2002, Phosphor wrote:

> >If the argument is sound that cheese, but not milk, was >consumed by
> paleolithic people then lactose wouldn't be much >of an issue, since most of
> it is fermented out.
> in the northern climes the milk stays fresh longer. hence the further north
> you go the more people can digest lactose.  it cant be paleo techinically,
> since it is herding rather than hunting. but herding is before agriculture.

The cheese would be a hunter's food.  I think we overlook it
because we have an aversion even to thinking about eating stomach
contents.  The lactose content would vary according to how
recently a killed calf had suckled.

Todd Moody
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