william wrote:
> Kathryn wrote:
>> Our local newspaper published a Los Angeles Times article on
>> Wednesday, July 15, entitled "evolution holds health lessons." It
>> referenced a book written by Dr. William Meller, a board certified
>> internist who runs a medical practice in Santa Barbara.  His book is
>> titled, "evolution Rx: a practical guide to harnessing our innate
>> capacity for health and healing."  That's quite a mouthful for book
>> title.
>>
> 
> IIRC no evolution happened during the paleolithic era, so his book holds 
> no health lessons for us.
> 
> The excerpt about the cave bones was interesting.
> 
> William

The paleolithic is about 2.5 million or so years long.  Anatomical 
modern man came into being within that period via the ongoing process of 
evolution.  I would hazard to guess that man at the end of the 
paleolithic period could not interbreed with his ancestors from the 
beginning of that period because of the ensuing evolutionary changes 
within the time frame of the paleolithic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleolithic

The dietary clues found within caves would be additional evidence of an 
evolutionary based diet within the time frame of the caves habitation. 
In fact, I would hazard to guess again that man today would be 
genetically compatible - could interbreed - with the cave's inhabitants. 
  Therefore, I wouldn't be so presumptions as to say that the discovered 
cave information has no applicability to a more ideal diet.

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