On Fri, 31 Jul 1998 08:19:03 EDT, S.B. Feldman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>In a message dated 7/30/98 3:03:40 PM EST, [log in to unmask]
>writes:
>
><< Therefore I'd call it a evolutionary bad strategy  >>
>Evolution is all chance trial and error---there is no strategy or forward
>looking eqivalent involved. The outcomes that prevail are often compromises
>and combinations that are not all or none and the interpretations are not so
>clearly black and white as is so tempting to conclude.
I agree.
Then I should better have said:
...After eating big game meats (not well cooked) can cause big
disadvantages in evolutionary terms,
other humanoids using a better strategy (avoiding eating big animals)
should have survived better, in bigger counts and health.

Since we (todays humans) are the only surviving humanoid branch,
the conclusion would be that meats of animals prone to parasitic infections
could never have played a big role in nutrition.

I find it noticeable that one famous humanoid, the Neanderthal
who was relying heavyly on meats
(since living in the colder north and ice ace)
(is beleaved to have) died out.
Did they all suffer from a deadly parasitic infection, spreading through
them? There is still no good reason found for the extinction.
The absolute number of concurrently existing neanderthals (in Europe)
is astonishingly low... A little town of today...

regards
Amadeus