Hunter-gatherers tend towards diets that are low in fat, high in fiber, and a life-style that includes lots and lots of exercise. Who knew?
You want to meet the real me now?
Mal ,'War Stories'
Natter 36: But We Digress...
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Theodosia - Jun 28, 2005 7:04:32 am PDT #5058 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Susan W. - Jun 28, 2005 7:05:18 am PDT #5059 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Our bodies have not fully adapted to walking upright, which is why we often suffer from back problems, fallen arches, etc.
Not to mention pain in childbearing (because narrow bipedal pelvises and big skulls for large hominid brains are unmixy things).
tommyrot - Jun 28, 2005 7:07:36 am PDT #5060 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Not to mention pain in childbearing (because narrow bipedal pelvises and big skulls for large hominid brains are unmixy things).
Which begs the question: Since there is no such thing as evolution, why did God choose to make us defective? And give us useless organs?
Jessica - Jun 28, 2005 7:07:58 am PDT #5061 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Our bodies have not fully adapted to walking upright, which is why we often suffer from back problems, fallen arches, etc.
Not to mention pain in childbearing (because narrow bipedal pelvises and big skulls for large hominid brains are unmixy things).
Things like this are why the phrase "intelligent design" makes me laugh. Human knees? So clearly a botched job.
(Is that still a popular theory?)
No idea, but it makes sense to me!
-t - Jun 28, 2005 7:10:24 am PDT #5062 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I've developed an Extremely Heretical interpretation of the early chapters of Genesis as being a folk memory of the transition to an agricultural lifestyle, with all the trade-offs that entailed.
I think I have a similar interpretation, Susan. It hangs together quite well. We can be heretical together.
-t - Jun 28, 2005 7:12:51 am PDT #5063 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
How's that go, something about finding a watch that doesn't keep time and grinds its gears implying the existence of a blind watchmaker?
§ ita § - Jun 28, 2005 7:13:32 am PDT #5064 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What about a watch made of diamonds? What will that tell us?
-t - Jun 28, 2005 7:14:02 am PDT #5065 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
The time. In red. I really love that.
(eta: it may also imply the existence of Uma Thurman, I'm not sure)
brenda m - Jun 28, 2005 7:14:25 am PDT #5066 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I've developed an Extremely Heretical interpretation of the early chapters of Genesis as being a folk memory of the transition to an agricultural lifestyle, with all the trade-offs that entailed.
Ooh, interesting. I'll have to think on that one.
The New Yorker had a fascinating article on the height question about a year ago. IIRC, one of the things they mention was that Charlemagne was something like 6'8" and not at all out of the norm. But I think it's not just diet related as it is the growth of cities that shrunk us. (Which of course follows from the adoption of agriculture, so not entirely off.)
eta: Found it. [link]
tommyrot - Jun 28, 2005 7:16:06 am PDT #5067 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
But I think it's not so much diet related as it is the growth of cities that shrunk us.
So we'll evolve shorter legs after generations of air travel?