On Sat, 02 Dec 2006 18:33:06 -0500, Philip <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > So if you accept only the most cautious estimates of when cooking became > widespread (around 125,000 ya), it doesn't predate the origin of > anatomically modern humans, but it still allows plenty of time for > humans to > have adapted to digesting cooked foods. > Considering the destruction of essential nutrients when meat is cooked, I would be surprised to find evidence that paleoman was fool enough to do so. William