Just in time for Thanksgiving! New article in Scientific American DEC 2002 called Food For Thought. Dietary change was a driving force in human evolution by William R. Leonard.

The characteristics that most distinguish humans from other primates are largely the results of natural selection acting to improve the quality of the human diet and the efficiency with which our ancestors obtained food. Some scientists have proposed that many of the health problems modern societies face are consequences of a dicrepancy between what we eat and what our Paleolithic forebears ate. Much scientific evidence is presented. Thought this is fascinating and easy read.