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