On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 17:25:01 -0400, Robert Kesterson <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 15:34:25 -0500, Keith Thomas <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >> Well, no remedy for this cold, but I should point out >> that in the Palaeolithic, colds were not a problem. > > How can we know this? > During my winters in the Canadian high Arctic, it was well known that you could only get a cold if someone had come in from the filthy southland. Usually Edmonton, AB. IIRC this applied for all infectious diseases. Living was quite dense. William