At 09:40 AM 3/27/01 -0500, Amadeus Schmidt wrote:
>On Mon, 26 Mar 2001 18:07:55 -0400, matesz <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>>The fundamental idea may itself be wrong.   In Nutrition and Evolution,
>>Crawford and Marsh argue convincingly (I'm convinced, anyway), that humans
>>do not show adequate adaptation to an arid savannah environment, but show
>>many characteristics of adaptation to a semi-aquatic coastal life, and that
>>the primary evolutionary habitat of humans has been coastal areas, where in
>>fact most humans still live today.
>
>You're convinced that humanity developped in a coastal environment.
>
>It's undoubted that, the coastline is a place where gatherers can find
>something. Especially seeweed and mussels or crabs.
>But think that a coastline, even in rich waters, has only a limited capacity
>to sustain humans (per mile).
>
>We know that until recently they didn't have fishhooks and assume that they
>didn't have nets.
>It would be hard to catch fish, standing on the shore with a sharp stick.
>
>Please explain what you suppose these hominids ate.
>

There is a great deal of edible stuff in tide pools, as well as things like
clams that bury into wet sand.

Dianne