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Are you sure they were raw, not cooked?
theres no need to eat frozen meat in Oz. Where abouts are you?
I tend to think that this is a very modern idea, and we do see many products on the market to "cure" this baldness. How was it viewed 2000 ya though? Was it unattractive then? Or was it honored? Same with white teeth, it is very cultural and really has nothing to do with health. Dark teeth due to staining from fruit means nothing. It is modern society that says we must bleach the teeth and otherwise keep what we see as youthful.
Personally, I would rather be super strong and fast all my age than worry about superficial markers like hair and teeth. I can do the splits and spar teenagers, and if I can do that into my 60s, then I will have preserved my health, afaiac.
Plus, if all or most women really did view baldness as being so bad, why is it that as much as 1 in 4 men noticeably grow bald in their twenties(NOT in old age) with 3 in 4 growing bald, later on? The only plausible explanation for the 1 in 4 figure for young men is that there must be some reproductive bonus to being bald. And it's also been pointed out that the greater number of androgen receptors you have on the surface of your follicle cells, the more DHT activation is likely to be induced and the more likely it is that your hair will fall out and stay out. The distribution of androgen receptors is thought to be determined almost entirely by your genes.
Of course, the clincher re the testosterone-genetics theory is that if a man is castrated before or at the very start of puberty, he gets a full head of hair. Castration is the one sure defence against baldness. This blows the whole notion linking baldness and ill-health out of the water. Besides, if one takes the theory of baldness and ill-health too seriously, one would have to assume that Asians were healthier/had healthier diets etc. than other racial groups, which is very unlikely.
The point is that baldness is not a disease but a physical characteristic.
Also have you considered there is NO selective pressure for baldness? Without selective pressure there is NO evolution. Women do not like baldness, there is no increased reproductive rate in bald men, at best it's equal with men who do not go bald. It's probably a little lower. Therefore baldness does not fit the most important criteria for evolution, being something that builds up in the gene pool over time due to selective pressure.
is it possible that europeans are more susceptible to baldness because they were in generally colder and less sunny climates? maybe there was just no advantage for having lots of hair to block out the sun. i dont know, just an idea
As regards baldness, there are so many variables. I mean, Europeans are more likely to experience baldness, yet they are not necessarily less healthy than asians, say. Native Americans, being Asians, do have a genetic advantage re warding off baldness, but this has nothing to do with health.
The trouble is that most people take some time before they get used to the tatse of raw meats(c.8-12 months).