The teeth, Marilyn, are certainly omnivore, not strictly carnivorous as you
say, but, also, not strictly vegetarian.  Same with our digestive system.
Omnivorous is the word, and that means being a meat eater and not a
vegetarian, that is...........a meat eater that also is a vegetable eater.
The point is, no one has said man ONLY ate meat, and no one SHOULD say man
only ate vegetables.  There are a few exceptions, I guess, but these were
not the situations that brought us to our present physiologic form.

P
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From: "Marilyn Harris" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 6:24 AM
Subject: Re: Naked with a .. stick and fire?


> At 05:33 PM 11/27/01 -0500, Paul Getty wrote:
> >I would assume that the first extended vegetarian diet did not come about
in
> >early man until he had developed extensive agriculture, long after the
Paleo
> >stage of history.
>
> Hi Paul;
>
> Our teeth, however, are mostly that of a vegetarian (and omnivore) and not
a
> strict carnivore implying that we have been vegetarian for a very long
time.
> Does anyone know what Lucy's dental remains show?
>
> Marilyn
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