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

From: Brian Atkins (brian@posthuman.com)
Date: Wed Apr 16 2003 - 10:05:43 MDT

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    Ramez Naam wrote:
    > From: Damien Sullivan [mailto:phoenix@ugcs.caltech.edu]
    >
    >>>Can you provide a reference for prehistoric humans being
    >>>taller than
    >>>20th century humans? Everything I've read on the topic has
    >>>said the opposite.
    >>
    >>FWIW
    >>http://www.beyondveg.com/nicholson-w/angel->
    >
    > 1984/angel-1984-1a.shtml
    >
    > Thanks. I've done a bit more digging and now agree that archeological
    > evidence puts cro-magnon humans at essentially the same height as late
    > 20th century humans. Interesting - it's not what I would have
    > expected.
    >

    Another historical oddity is that neanderthals had larger brains than we do. 

    -- 
Brian Atkins
Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
http://www.singinst.org/

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