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

From: gts (gts_2000@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Apr 17 2003 - 22:00:08 MDT

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    Spike66 wrote:

    > Damien Sullivan wrote:
    >>
    >> You'd think if we made a living at scavenging kills that we'd be
    >> better at eating meat which has started to go bad. We don't seem
    >> adapted to eating meat with a lot of bacteria on it. Unless
    >> 'scavenge' means "chase lions away from fresh kills".
    >>
    >> -xx- Damien X-)
    >
    > Not necessarily, and yes, scavenge can mean chasing the
    > lions and hyenas with flaming branches. Animals won't
    > mess with an ape carrying a flame.

    I was going to mention also that we are actually relatively well-adapted to
    "turned" meat, even if we prefer not to eat it. Pepper originated as a fancy
    expensive imported spice used by only by the wealthiest Europeans for the
    purpose of making turned meat more palatable.

    -gts

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