RE: evolution and diet (was: FITNESS: Diet and Exercise)

From: Ramez Naam (mez@apexnano.com)
Date: Tue Apr 15 2003 - 20:39:26 MDT

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    From: Damien Sullivan [mailto:phoenix@ugcs.caltech.edu]
    > On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 05:22:40PM -0700, Ramez Naam wrote:
    > > Our hunter-gather ancestors frequently died of *famine*. They had
    >
    > That's not clear.
    >
    > > They were at radically greater risk of death from
    > > infectious diseases than we are.
    >
    > The disease part isn't clear.

    Here's an online reference for prehistoric causes of death that
    supports my claims. Also see both Austad and Hayflick's books for
    discussion of prehistoric causes of death.

    http://www.uiowa.edu/~anthro/paleopathology/drybones/intro.html

    "In primitive cultures past and present the most frequent causes of
    disability and death are infections, nutritional disturbances, trauma,
    and obstetrical, neonatal, and early pediatric problems."

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