At 11:36 2000-09-22 -0400, you wrote:
><http://www.newscientist.com/nsplus/insight/evolution/survival.html>
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>A board member responds to New Scientist article: SURVIVAL OF THE FATTEST
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>Nice article--it does seem obvious that fat storage is essential to survival.
>Perhaps the storage of fat is great in the short term but has its ill effects
>once one goes beyond practical procreation age. Most moderately obese men can
>survive into their 40s without too much difficulty, and that coincides with
>when women lose their ability to reproduce. If pair-bonding occurred regularly,
>the males would also cease reproducing and really have no reason left to live,
>so no reason for their bodies to develop an energy storage system conducive to
>longevity.
>Just a couple of thoughts.
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>From: Andy Steinke
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