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trotsky

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5. It makes sense from an evolutionary perspective.

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Mon Aug 6, 2012, 08:07 AM

Aug 2012

Until the development of agriculture (in other words, for the first million or so years of our species' existence), it was feast or famine. Was the hunt successful? Were fruits/berries in season? Plenty of food for all. Neither is true? Try to subsist. Seems reasonable to say that our metabolism is still capable of (and perhaps best suited for) this kind of eating pattern.

Interesting stuff.

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