From: Robert J. Bradbury (bradbury@aeiveos.com)
Date: Mon Mar 04 2002 - 08:04:00 MST
On Mon, 4 Mar 2002 ABlainey@aol.com wrote:
> Am I right ? It makes sense to me and just shows we are still carrying
> a lot of baggage from our past.
I think there may be a bit of oversimplification here. Women clearly
have more sensitive senses with regard to smell, perhaps taste.
So, they may be more selective with regard to what plants
they choose as food sources. In general, if its a higher
level organism (fish/reptile/mammal) and men can capture it
and bring it back for consumption it is "safe". (Toxins
have been pre-filtered by the survival mechanisms of those
organisms.) There are rare instances where higher level
organisms may be toxic but they are rather infrequent.
If the selective differentiation between the food sources
selected by human males and females in an evolutionary
context is a reasonable theory, it would not seem unreasonable
to extend this to the selection of the "best" of the available
resources. This might show up as a bias on the part of males
towards the preference for "fresh meat".
Robert
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