> It's true that our ancestors had more protein than in just fruit, their
> main diet
> by far was fruit, then vegetables, then eggs/insects/fish. Meat very rare
> thing
> for them... and if this list has hijacked the term "paleo" for some kind
> of 40%
> red meat/cancer diet (as some controversial books have), then I think
> that's
> disgraceful.

I think most people here would find the 40% figure to be on the low side. 
But let's take your claim that meat was a "very rare thing" for
paleolithic people.  What is your evidence for that statement?

Todd Moody