X-Message-Number: 21895 From: Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 07:09:03 EDT Subject: Re: CryoNet #21889 The tallest midget --part1_4e.1d4b95fb.2c11d04f_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From Bob Ettinger: > In his book Guns, Germs, and Steel he (a) practically froths at the mouth > over "racists" who dare suggest a possible innate difference in average > intelligence between races, yet (b) offers the opinion that New Guineans are > > genetically smarter than Caucasians! > Many years ago, I have seen a paper about the physical superiority of New Guineans: It seems they are eating some wood eating insects such termites. These have some bacteria in their digestive tract that produce proteins from vegetal fibers. It was said that to some extend, these bacteria would survive in man and so produce a continuous protein supply in the bowel. this continuous feeding would be far more efficient that our sporadic food intake. Being the best nurrished man on Earth, New Guineans are it seems the "race" with the biggest brain. In the same paper it was pointed out that insect food is laced with growth hormones, some similar to the man's one. If a small part was finding its way in the blood, they would get from them a growth boost. This would act on bones, muscular mass and brain. It was pointed out that many distinctive neandertal traits could have a similar food origin. Yvan Bozzonetti. --part1_4e.1d4b95fb.2c11d04f_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=21895