At 07:05 2000-09-21 -0400, Todd wrote:

>Evolution doesn't guarantee perfect adaptation.

That is my view also. And that is why I point out the population
bottlenecks, as selection could be stronger then. But to get 100 %
adaptation calls for very special circumstances I think.


>Oxalate is nevertheless
>present in any number of paleo foods, such as spinach and
>sardines and rhubarb.  This antinutrient effect was apparently
>not enough to make these foods completely unacceptable.  So we
>eat them today, but we shouldn't think of them as totally benign.

I think we have to regard all plants, perhaps excluding some fruits,
as not totally benign.

- Hans