In a message dated 2/8/2002 4:20:35 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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> Cooking came on the scene so late that we haven't had time to adapt to
> those foods that only became edible by the cooking process.  Thus foods
> edible raw is a primary requirement for paleo.

I'm not at all sure this is true.  This is much debate about when humans
first became able to control fire.  I've read about some archeological
studies that put this at 1.8 million years ago.  Even the more conservative
estimate of 400,000 years ago gives us plenty of time to adapt to cooked
food.