Todd Moody wrote:

> Some time back, Muriel Hykes posted a message on this list making
> essentially this same point, arguing that the true paleo
> lifestyle was fairly rough, and between hunting and fighting the
> men would have done a fair amount of bleeding.

Unless they were at war I don't think that they would have bled enough to
equal
even one time donating blood, even in a year's time.  A pint of blood is
quite a
lot.  Think about the last time that you were cut. Even stepping on a piece
of
glass as a child or slicing your hand while carelessly cutting your steak
produces an insignificant amount of blood when compared to donating blood.
Maybe
if you hacked your arm off with a power saw......

Just my $.02
    Bill