Re: Early diets

ritter@woody.msd.lmsc.lockheed.com
Tue, 31 May 1994 20:09:08 GMT

>> Humans have intermediate intestines (adjusted for body
size).

re your statement above, why should the length of the intestine be adjusted for body length? It seems like a herbivore is going to need about the same amount of time to digest a given plant material, and thus a certain length gut, regardless of it's body size. . .