tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550919611653842066.post6084614138077387859..comments2023-10-24T19:10:17.771-07:00Comments on The High-fat Hep C Diet: The Maned Wolf - a lesson in deductive dentitionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550919611653842066.post-6637487190312088502015-09-11T15:29:02.633-07:002015-09-11T15:29:02.633-07:00You might like this classic paper by Raymond Dart,...You might like this classic paper by Raymond Dart, defending the carnivory of Australopithecus in 1956<br /><br />http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1525/aa.1956.58.1.02a00040/pdfPuddleghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00953398103675945541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550919611653842066.post-74269572414298141312015-09-10T22:32:47.712-07:002015-09-10T22:32:47.712-07:00George, a much belated comment - It seems relevant...George, a much belated comment - It seems relevant to mention this at the moment in view of renew focus on teeth, diet and tooth decay - I was re-reading Francis Pryor's 'Britain BC' recently and noted a comment he made about the unique marks on some palaeolithic human teeth that were made by stone tools, probably being used to cut off pieces of meat before further chewing. I think I have read of Innuit doing something similar. This is a perfect example of the externality of human adaptation, tools are extensions of the organism. <br /><br /><br />C.Passthecreamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214860448492630477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550919611653842066.post-21160981924685935052014-01-01T13:01:16.115-08:002014-01-01T13:01:16.115-08:00Some breeds of sheep and deer eat birds, perhaps s...Some breeds of sheep and deer eat birds, perhaps since forever, and this hasn't altered their teeth anymore than the maned wolf's ancient need for fruit has altered its teeth.<br />Bears do seem to evolve in this manner: Wiki says<br />Unlike most other members of the Carnivora, bears have relatively undeveloped carnassial teeth, and their teeth are adapted for a diet that includes a significant amount of vegetable matter. The canine teeth are large, and the molar teeth flat and crushing. Considerable variation occurs in dental formula even within a given species. This may indicate bears are still in the process of evolving from carnivorous to predominantly herbivorous diets. Polar bears appear to have secondarily re-evolved fully functional carnassials, as their diets have switched back towards carnivory.<br /><br />Further,homonids seem to be a unique family tooth-wise. At some point the relationship between teeth and diet ceased to matter, and that point probably marks the advent of hunting and butchering tools, fire, and intelligent organisation.Puddleghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00953398103675945541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550919611653842066.post-9805878632055569602013-12-27T05:23:33.631-08:002013-12-27T05:23:33.631-08:00great entry George, it is silliest vegan logical f...great entry George, it is silliest vegan logical fallacy to evoke dentation to prove what diet is or is not healthful for any species.ItsTheWooohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12057537399918684119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550919611653842066.post-68756838634925641882013-12-24T03:09:26.778-08:002013-12-24T03:09:26.778-08:00Aww, so cute how the Bush Dogs are cuddling. Oh......Aww, so cute how the Bush Dogs are cuddling. Oh...dear...<br /><br />:)<br /><br />Happy Festive Season, George. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550919611653842066.post-54219705720023026132013-12-23T21:44:27.717-08:002013-12-23T21:44:27.717-08:00One of the more interesting things I've seen t...One of the more interesting things I've seen this year; besides those spiders that build tiny fences.<br /><br />There are some monkeys in the Ethiopian highlands that have "carnivorous" looking teeth, they were featured in 2 BBC features I think one was Human Planet, and the other was Planet Earth, they eat only grasses, and they raid the local highland wheat farms. Apparently it is a problem as a group of them can eat a good amount of the wheat within a short time span and during harvest they have to have people watching out for them to scare them off. I wondered if they just started eating wheat when the farmers appeared there or if the had been eating wild wheat varieties. Not sure.Edward Edmondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12959192296683716939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550919611653842066.post-46563391013257365312013-12-23T21:11:40.293-08:002013-12-23T21:11:40.293-08:00In Wild Health, Cindy Engels states something I...In Wild Health, Cindy Engels states something I've also thought, that plants can come into the diet as medicines as well as calories, and their problems are often those of medicines - toxicity and unwanted effects. She puts this a lot better than I can. Many animals other than primates use medicines. And also antidotes to plant toxins, especially clay.Puddleghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00953398103675945541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550919611653842066.post-76444106259389726332013-12-23T19:38:56.447-08:002013-12-23T19:38:56.447-08:00Primates have an extended knowledge about medicine...Primates have an extended knowledge about medicine property of plants and know how to fight parasites, and it is easy to imagine that many plants came to a human diet the same way. I was thinking about it while making a mustard last time- it has no nutritional value, and doesn't taste well, unless you add vinegar, salt, put it on meat. The seeds and raw powder are not hot at all, just slightly bitter, but a moisture exposure really turns the heat on. No animal would eat it twice. Galina L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09156132815504279615noreply@blogger.com