On Fri, 08 Dec 2006 12:30:39 -0500, Philip <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

  What is it about cereal grass seeds that
> made
> them less desirable to Stone Age peoples?
>

Are these paleo-anthropologists aware that such stuff can be used to bait  
animals?

In my area people buy enormous bags of apples and carrots. The reason is  
that they use them to bait deer. When the deer come to the bait, they are  
taken for food.
In Texas, corn/maize is used for deer bait.

Seeds of various kinds could have been used similarly, depending on what  
kind of animal was desired.

William