It is interesting that some of the most necessary nutrients are found
in egg yolk. Eggs, even crocodile eggs, are not all that easy to find
in the wild: birds (and crocs) only nest once a year. I'm wondering if
some of those nutrients aren't found in fish guts. Organ meats
are generally high in nutrients, and fish guts are eaten by
other cultures. Bears catch salmon and eat the guts, then throw
away the fish, during spawning season. Shellfish are mostly
"guts" too.

So while there might be a few foods (like chufa or croc eggs)
that were really nutritious and important, wild apes, and early
humans, ate a huge variety of plants and animals: whatever
they could catch and chew and what was in season. Like: bears
love spawning salmon, but they can't live off them all year, and
salmon don't contribute to bigger bear-brains much. The thing
about shellfish/fish as a potential food source on the coast
is that they are year-round. Roots too, like chufa.

I don't think "most drugs" are made from egg yolk though. Too
many egg allergies. Vaccines are made in live chicken eggs, but
they are trying to change that (too slow to produce, and again,
egg allergies are a problem. Vaccines can induce egg allergies by
injecting egg into your bloodstream).

Anyway, it looks like there are glycolipids in seafood:


http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf980659c

And phospholipds in oysters.

And oleic acid in oysters:

http://www.springerlink.com/content/d7w7574q442w4435/


As for posting: have you tried getting Yahoo to send you the
messages as mail? If you do that, you can just use your normal
email software, which is a lot easier to use. I use Gmail, which
is very nice (and free!).



On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 2:00 PM, Falasha Leott <falashaleott@...>wrote:

>
>
> The main fatty acid in myelin is oleic acid. Oleic acid is found in some
> nuts and avocados. Avocados originated in Mexico. Nuts, such as pecans and
> almonds are not wetland plants. In fact, they require well-drained soil. But
> a very good source of oleic acid is Chufa. Chufa is 25% oil and oleic is the
> major fatty acid http://www.springerlink.com/content/b04345g605t2k842/
> The main structural component of cell membranes is phospholipids. I may be
> wrong but I think this is why drugs are made from egg yolks. Membranes are
> barriers to hydrophilic molecules and to enter the cell interior a drug must
> be made from phospholipids. Croc eggs are a great source of Phospholipids.
> Here is a link to a table listing the fatty acid composition of croc eggs on
> page 52;
>
>
http://books.google.com/books?id=4Arv-IUFnuoC&pg=PA52&lpg=PA52&dq=crocodile+egg+\
phospholipid&source=bl&ots=eR4rdmlzrg&sig=Dk-wh9mH4omBpFGlBgsobjTLeMs&hl=en&ei=n\
GnjSqb2KJCMtAOE_oi5Aw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAwQ6AEwAA#v=o\
nepage&q=&f=false
> Also, the protein in croc eggs is glycoprotein which is important in many
> different functions of the body. Alpha-fetoprotein is a hormone produced by
> the yolk sack during fetal development and is a glycoprotein.
>
> Sorry to have to reply instead of make a new post. I am not able to post to
> AAT.
>
> ________________________________
> From: Falasha Leott <falashaleott@... <falashaleott%40yahoo.com>>
> To: AAT@yahoogroups.com <AAT%40yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sat, October 24, 2009 1:24:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [AAT] Re: Fresh Water is a Requirement
>
>
>
> ____________ _________ _________ __
> From: m3dodds <dons3148@yahoo. co.uk>
> To: AAT@yahoogroups. com
> Sent: Sat, October 24, 2009 12:16:39 PM
> Subject: [AAT] Re: Fresh Water is a Requirement
>
>
>
> --- In AAT@yahoogroups. com, Falasha Leott <falashaleott@ ...> wrote:
> >
> > I attempted to bottom post but my reply was lost.
> >
> > If you are stating definitively that the Aquatic Ape lived
> > on the coast then I am sure you have reasons. What are they?
> >
>
> Falasha,
>
> Sorry to hear you are still having problems. Have you
> tried signing in to the AAT homepage, an directly
> replying to a post?
>
> http://tech. groups.yahoo. com/group/ AAT/
>
> ------------ -------
>
> Would not say definitively, however the main difference
> from a freshwater habitat such as a river, is the access
> on the coast to the higher levels of DHA found in marine
> sourced foods ... extra DHA may be behind the increase
> in the size of the human brain.
>
> The Human Brain - Fats
> http://www.fi. edu/learn/ brain/fats. html
>
> ---m3d
> Thank you for that explanation. Why are you preferring saltwater DHA over
> freshwater DHA?
>
> ____________ _________ _________ _
> > From: m3dodds <dons3148@.. .>
> > To: AAT@yahoogroups. com
> > Sent: Sat, October 24, 2009 3:34:25 AM
> > Subject: [AAT] Re: Fresh Water is a Requirement
> >
> > Â
> >
> >
> > --- In AAT@yahoogroups. com, Falasha Leott <falashaleott@ ...> wrote:
> > >
> > > http://www.npr. org/templates/ story/story. php?storyId= 113387960
> > >
> > > This link contains a map of homind and homo discoveries. Please
> > > tell me why the Nile cannot be considered as a source
> > > of Aquatic Ape?
> > >
> >
> > Falasha,
> >
> > Would agree that it is a little odd that the Nile is
> > seldom mentioned in connection with Man's past other
> > than in historical times. (the Levant gets
> > considerably more mention)
> >
> > Even though the course of the river has changed several
> > times and been buried under a desert in the last six
> > million years, the route north the river takes seems
> > to be the most obvious human migration route out
> > of Africa.
> >
> > Unless the assumption is that all early humans left
> > Africa, by crossing into Arabia at the southern
> > end of the Red sea.
> >
> > Perhaps the reason the why the Nile river as such is not
> > considered for the period when the ancestors of Man were
> > more aquatic in the past, is that they were a coastal.
> >
> > They lived on the coast... and foraged on the shore
> > and foreshore.
> >
> > ---m3d
> >
> > ____________ _________ _________ __
> > > From: Falasha Leott <falashaleott@ ...>
> > > To: AAT@yahoogroups. com
> > > Sent: Fri, October 23, 2009 10:15:34 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [AAT] Re: Fresh Water is a Requirement
> > >
> > > ÂÂ
> > > Please explain why the Nile cannot be a cannot be a candidate?
> > >
> > > ____________ _________ _________ __
> > > From: m3dodds <dons3148@yahoo. co.uk>
> > > To: AAT@yahoogroups. com
> > > Sent: Fri, October 23, 2009 5:11:09 AM
> > > Subject: [AAT] Re: Fresh Water is a Requirement
> > >
> > > ÂÂ
> > >
> > > --- In AAT@yahoogroups. com, Falasha Leott <falashaleott@ ...> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > The Nile is a freshwater river that flows into the sea except that
> the delta was a Reed Sea. Why can' t this river be considered? Why does
> every single place on earth have to be investigated except this one? It
> makes no sense to me. Geography, Etymology, Anthropology, Ancient history,
> etc. etc. says this is the place where man began. Why not at least give it a
> look see?
> > > >
> > >
> > > Falasha,
> > >
> > > Perhaps because there have been several incarnations
> > > of the Nile river, one of which dried up for several
> > > hundred thousand years.
> > >
> > > "The Nile system is traced back in time to the evaporation
> > > of the Mediterranean Sea. From this time on, five main
> > > episodes in the evolution of the Nile have been deduced.
> > > These are, from oldest to youngest: Eonile, Paleonile, and
> > > three Pleistocene Niles: Protonile, Prenile, and Neonile.
> > > The deposits of the Neonile are indistinguishable from
> > > those of the present river."
> > > [quote - Nile river homepage]
> > >
> > > http://www.utdallas.edu/geosciences/remsens/Nile/
> > >
> > > ---m3d
> > >
> > > > ____________ _________ _________ __
> > > > From: algiskuliukas <algis@>
> > > > To: AAT@yahoogroups. com
> > > > Sent: Thu, October 22, 2009 6:24:13 PM
> > > > Subject: [AAT] Re: Fresh Water is a Requirement
> > > >
> > > > ÂÂÂ
> > > > Also do not forget the excellent paper by Carl Sauer (1962) which
> made the point that on African coasts at least, there are many frequent
> streams bringing fresh water down to the sea.
> > > >
> > > > Sauer, C. Seashore - Primitive home of man?. Procedings of the
> American Philosopical Society 106(1):41-47, (1962).
> > > >
> > > > Algis
> > > >
> > > > --- In AAT@yahoogroups. com, "williamabond" <wabond@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > The Australian deserts are also a harsh environment for infants and
> their mothers, but somehow Aboriginal mothers find food and water for their
> children. The same would be true of the bushwomen in the Namib Desert.
> > > > >
> > > > > Aboriginals find moisture from certain plants, even from frogs who
> bury themselves in the ground. They also know all the water holes in the
> area where they roam. Some of these water holes are very small and they have
> to dig them out, but its enough to save them from dying of thirst.
> > > > >
> > > > > Our early ancestors may have only moved along the coast during the
> wet season and kept to river mouths in the dry season. It is also possible
> to squeeze fresh water out of fish, which can be caught in tidal pools.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In AAT@yahoogroups. com, Falasha Leott <falashaleott@ > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The coastal environment is harsh to infants and their mothers.
> There is no protection, no fresh water, no foraging starch for mothers.
> ÃÆ'‚ Infants need to be hydrated every 2
hours and a source
> of fresh water is tantamount to their survival. I really
>
donÃÆ'¢â‚¬â„ÂÃ\
‚¢t see how mothers could exploit
> coconuts (if there even are coconuts) without tools. I have tried to crack
> open a coconut and needed a hammer. Even if these hominids were able to
> crack open a coconut with a rock, how could they retain the liquid? The only
> solution would be to
>
ÃÆ'¢â‚¬ËÅ"drillÃÆ'Ãâ\
€šÃ‚¢ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢ a
> hole. Drilling is a skill that would take so many leaps in evolutionary
> advancement that it should not even be considered.
> > > > > > ÃÆ'‚ I have heard the argument
that babies could
> get their moisture from their mothers. This is the same argument Savannah
> devotees use for DHA (babies could get it from their
> mothers).ÃÆ'‚ But where do the mothers
get
> it?ÃÆ'‚ÂÂÂ
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