Well, I've heard of the Neanderthal diet, I mean the paleolithic diet.
Any evidence that we really DID emerge from these critters?
At 09:37 AM 6/13/00 -0500, Jim Tantillo wrote:
>Hi everybody,
>
>Well, it's been so quiet here on the list the last few days, I thought "why
>not dust off one of the 'oldies but goodies' controversies?" (e.g. the
>dispute between Bissell/Gottschalk/others, see
>http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/enviroethics/2000-02/0074.html )
>
>So here it is <grin>:
>
>"Neanderthals ate meat -- and little else, study says
>
>By PAUL RECER -- AP Science Writer
>WASHINGTON (AP) -- If a Neanderthal walked into a hamburger joint today, he
>probably would order a double burger. And hold the bun, the lettuce, tomato
>and onion. A new study of 28,000-year-old Neanderthal bones suggests the
>ancient hominid ate meat, lots of it, and very little else."
>The full article is at
>http://www.clive.canoe.ca/CNEWSScience0006/12_meat.html
>
>The article discusses a study being published today in the Proceedings of
>the National Academy of Sciences that was done by scholars from Northern
>Illinois University in DeKalb, Ill., Washington University in St. Louis,
>Mo., and Oxford University, Oxford, U.K. Follow the links from the CNEWS
>article site.
>
>. . . just trying to stir up trouble, as usual,
>
>:-)
>Jim T.
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