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Offline Warren Dew

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Re: Paleolithic Europeans
« Reply #135 on: January 26, 2010, 05:38:59 PM »
http://www.des.ucdavis.edu/faculty/Richerson/AgOrigins_2_12_01.pdf

That is a really interesting article.  The evidence that agriculture started independently in several different locations at about the same time, when it never seems to have started in previous interglacials, makes for a strong argument.

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Re: Paleolithic Europeans
« Reply #136 on: January 27, 2010, 04:03:54 AM »
Isn't it interesting? I was especially compelled by it too!

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Re: Paleolithic Europeans
« Reply #137 on: January 27, 2010, 05:03:59 AM »
and just suppose we are in an inter-glacial now.... very thought-provoking.

I shall be moving to the rural countryside within 3 years where I hope to have much easier access to good meat and to be able to spend a fit and active retirement.
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Re: Paleolithic Europeans
« Reply #138 on: January 27, 2010, 12:03:45 PM »
Isn't it interesting? I was especially compelled by it too!

I almost said "compelling" but then I realized there's still a strong alternative theory as well.  The alternative is that something changed in human psychology during the last ice age that caused us to prefer intensification and, ultimately, agriculture over a stable ecological niche as hunters.

The theory that it is purely a climatic change fails to explain why humans displaced neanderthals during this latest interglacial when that didn't happen during any of the previous interglacials.

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Re: Paleolithic Europeans
« Reply #139 on: March 12, 2010, 12:01:43 PM »
I think this series should be read by anyone considering a meat-only diet:

http://donmatesz.blogspot.com/2010/03/paleo-diet-ph-does-it-matter-part-iii.html (that's only part 3, read the other parts if interested).
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Re: Paleolithic Europeans
« Reply #140 on: March 13, 2010, 02:30:37 AM »
I think this series should be read by anyone considering a meat-only diet:

http://donmatesz.blogspot.com/2010/03/paleo-diet-ph-does-it-matter-part-iii.html (that's only part 3, read the other parts if interested).

http://cavemanforum.com/index.php?topic=1606.msg25733#msg25733
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• Grains (wheat/rice/oats etc) . . . . . • Dairy (milk/yogurt/butter/cheese etc)
• Refined foods (salt/sugars etc ) . . • Nightshades (peppers/tomato/eggplant)
• Tubers (potato/arrowroot etc) . . . . • Legumes (soy/beans/peas)
• Modernly palatable (cashews/olives etc)

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Re: Paleolithic Europeans
« Reply #140 on: March 13, 2010, 02:30:37 AM »