Keith Thomas wrote:
> On Mon, 18 May 2009 16:17 Kenneth Anderson wrote:
> <snip>
>> *Loren Cordain:* Organized stone hearths (and hence the first concrete
>> evidence for the control of fire) probably did not occur until the
>> appearance of Neanderthals roughly 200,000 years ago. So prior to this time,
>> humans probably did not cook their meat. I do not recommend, however, eating
>> raw or slightly cooked meat because of potential bacterial contamination.
>>
> Hey, William! I think you and Loren Cordain may have
> more in common than you thought.
> <snip>


?
I don't think paleoman ever cooked, else the bones would show the 
inevitable disease.
As for germs, L. Pasteur had not yet invented them so nobody worried and 
nobody got sick.

William