Although I base this on very little personal study, my gut feeling is Wally is right. Jim On May 14, 2009, at 3:23 PM, Day, Wally wrote: > Very nicely put Phil - fair and balanced. > > I would also like to point out that as time goes by, everything > seems to be getting pushed further and further back into antiquity. > Especially the use of fire. First it was 50,000 years ago, Then > over 100,000. Then 350,000. Then 750,000. Now, (and I have read the > supporting evidence), a million and a half. > > Which brings up the next question. What is the likelihood that > humans, and especially "modern" humans (of the last 150,00 or so > years), would not have at least tested the cooking of various > foodstuffs? Sorry, raw-foodists, the argument that cooking is > "unnatural" just doesn't hold water (and this statement is coming > from someone who prefers most of my food raw or barely heated above > room temperature).