William wrote:

> Thomas Bridgeland wrote:
>
>> http://scientificamerican.com/
>> article.cfm?chanID=sa003&articleID=0005F2EC-2A15-10D7-AA1583414B7F0000
>>
>> 20,000 years, it says.
>>
> So, perversion is old in the land of Canaan.
> Not too surprising.



It's actually pretty significant, since 23,000 years ago is certainly
within the paleolithic period, and at least 10,000 years before
agriculture.  This in fact squarely refutes the claim that wheat and
barley consumption started in the neolithic.  Now we know that
hunter-gatherers in at least one locale gathered them, which raises the
question of just how far back the practice goes.

Todd Moody
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