Trish,

We are unsure of what our ancestors ate. We don't know what percentage of 
meat they did eat. I'm not sure why but there appears to be a high 
percentage of paleo proponents who say they ate lots of meat, personally I 
doubt it. 

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>Subject: Human Teeth
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>My co-worker asked me to explain why our teeth do not appear more like a
>"carnivore's".  I was discussing why I eat only meat with limited greens
>and some fruits.  She said if we were meant to eat meat, we would have
>teeth more like a carnivore.  I asked her what she envisioned, and she
>stated something more like a wolf or big cat - teeth made for shredding
>and stripping bones rather than the small teeth we have.  I am not a
>scientist or anthropologist, so I couldn't explain...
>
>Thanks,
>
>trish