My bad! http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/19589985/ On Tuesday, December 29, 2015, Allan Balliett <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Wayne > > Thanks for the post. Unfortunately, none of the links lead to the paper > nor can I google such work by the referenced scientist > > Probably just me, but, can anybody help? > > Thanks > > Allan > > On Tuesday, December 29, 2015, Tracey Baldrey <[log in to unmask] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[log in to unmask]);>> wrote: > >> That's very surprising and interesting to read. Many thanks Wayne for >> passing that on. >> >> Best wishes >> Tracey >> Netherlands >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Paleolithic Eating Support List [mailto: >> [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of WAYNE WYNN >> >> From: >> Marilyn Harris < [log in to unmask] > >> >> Reply-To: >> Paleolithic Eating Support List < [log in to unmask] > >> >> Date: >> Thu, 1 Feb 2007 10:01:42 -0500 From >> http://www.mcmaster.ca/research/sciencecity/globe-article_poinar.htm >> ."It's one of the biggest crap deposits known," says Vaughn Bryant, an >> anthropologist at Texas A&M University who led the excavation of the Hinds >> Cave deposit in the mid-1970s and provided Dr. Poinar with the samples. >> >> The cave, an enormous, very dry, cliff-face rock shelter, housed >> generations of hunter-gatherers for 9,000 years. The site has yielded more >> than 2,000 cow-patty-shaped human coprolites. >> >> The shape of these coprolites is due to the "astronomical" amounts of >> fibre in them, Dr. Bryant says. He estimates that the Hinds Cave >> inhabitants ate >> 15 times the daily fibre intake of present-day North Americans, mostly in >> the form of roasted desert plants, including agave and yucca. >> >> Using mitochondrial DNA analysis, Dr. Poinar showed that three coprolites >> belonged to separate individuals. And he confirmed Dr. Bryant's microscopic >> analysis of the contents: These paleo-peoples were eating well. >> >> Through genetic reconstruction, he showed that in the 24 to 48 hours >> before relieving himself at the back of the shelter, one Hinds Cave >> resident had eaten a veritable Thanksgiving feast. The coprolite included >> evidence of pronghorn antelope, cottontail rabbit, packrat, squirrel and >> eight types of wild plants. .... >> >> How exceptional is that site? Were other paleolithics eating less fibre >> than we do and less that one-tenth or one-fifteenth of that of the people >> of this site? Not likely. More likely is that the paleolithic diet >> generally contained multiple times the amount of fibre that ours does. >> >> How does the above compare to 150 mg per day? There following article >> suggests up to 300 g per day (yes, grams, not miligrams): >> https://www.paleohacks.com/fiber/paleolithic-fiber-consumption-989 >> (Sorry if the latter artricle was already part of this thread, or one of >> your sources.) >> >> Wayne Wynn >> Burnaby, BC >> >> >> --- >> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >> http://www.avast.com >> >