On Sat, 10 Jan 2009 13:02:40 -0600, william <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Robert Kesterson wrote:
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>> I doubt the apes, or even early man, took much notice of the effect of  
>> a food beyond a day or two after eating it.  Something you eat today  
>> affecting you 20 years from now would not have even entered his brain.
>>
> It takes from 30 minutes to three days, depending on what kind of poison  
> it is. Easily quick enough to noticably hinder food-gathering abilities.

Sure, if a reaction is that acute, but I was referring to cooked vs raw  
foods.  I doubt there would have been such an acute reaction, but I  
suppose you're right that it would depend on what particular food it was.

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