Today on the program we hear from former state archeologists Kevin Jones about his new book "The Shrinking Jungle." In his book, he takes us on a journey with the Ache of Paraguay, one of the last hunter-gatherer groups to come into contact with the western world. His story is a fictional tale based on experience with the Ache' and their efforts to save the gradually diminishing rainforest.
In the second half of the program, Science Questions presents a profile of the latest diet craze, the Paleo Diet, with the founder Loren Cordain, and a leading scientists who is not yet sold on the new trend.