For those who do not read the Paleodiet Symposium, the following
URL was recently posted on the use of fire for cooking plant
foods:

http://cnn.com/HEALTH/diet.fitness/9908/11/science.cooking.reut/

If the scientists discussed in the article are correct, the use
of fire for cooking goes back almost 2 million years.  If this is
correct, then it has profound implications for those of us who
are interested in emulating paleolithic diets, since it means
that the "naked with a sharp stick" principle must be abandoned
in favor of the "stone, spear, and fire" rule.  This adds many
foods to the menu, especially foods that can be roasted without a
lot of other processing involved.  1.9 million years is a long
time.

Furthermore, if the use of fire was not universal, can anyone
doubt that those who had it enjoyed a tremendous advantage during
the Ice Ages?

Todd Moody
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