On Wed, 7 Feb 2001 13:04:14 -0500, Todd Moody <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>http://www.discoveringarchaeology.com/0599toc/5feature3-fire.shtml

There are many reasons why cooking of meat and the expansion of
humans as big game users coincided:
* cooking meat jump-starts the digestive process, so more meat
  (protein,  fat) can be assimilated
* children can be fed cooked meat more easily
* cooking destroys bacteria
* teeth size recession coincided with cooking meat

Like I've said, I think of our species as hunter/cookers :-).


Philip Thrift
http://www.paleofitness.com