Evolution Of The Human Diet
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Human Diet
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Author : Peter S. Ungar
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2002-03-30
Human Diet written by Peter S. Ungar and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-03-30 with Social Science categories.
Diet is key to understanding the past, present, and future of our species. Much of human evolutionary success can be attributed to our ability to consume a wide range of foods. On the other hand, recent changes in the types of foods we eat may lie at the root of many of the health problems we face today. To deal with these problems, we must understand the evolution of the human diet. Studies of traditional peoples, non-human primates, human fossil and archaeological remains, nutritional chemistry, and evolutionary medicine, to name just a few, all contribute to our understanding of the evolution of the human diet. Still, as analyses become more specialized, researchers become more narrowly focused and isolated. This volume attempts to bring together authors schooled in a variety of academic disciplines so that we might begin to build a more cohesive view of the evolution of the human diet. The book demonstrates how past diets are reconstructed using both direct analogies with living traditional peoples and non-human primates, and studies of the bones and teeth of fossils. An understanding of our ancestral diets reveals how health relates to nutrition, and conclusions can be drawn as to how we may alter our current diets to further our health.
Evolution Of The Human Diet
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Author : Peter S. Ungar
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
Release Date : 2007
Evolution Of The Human Diet written by Peter S. Ungar and has been published by Oxford University Press on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Science categories.
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Evolving Human Nutrition
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Author : Stanley J. Ulijaszek
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2012-10-18
Evolving Human Nutrition written by Stanley J. Ulijaszek and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-18 with Health & Fitness categories.
Exploration of changing human nutrition from evolutionary and social perspectives and its influence on health and disease, past and present.
The Evolution Diet
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Author : J. S. B. Morse
language : en
Publisher: Joseph Morse
Release Date : 2008-02
The Evolution Diet written by J. S. B. Morse and has been published by Joseph Morse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-02 with Health & Fitness categories.
Human Evolution Diet And Health
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Author : Mark Hines
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009-03
Human Evolution Diet And Health written by Mark Hines and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03 with Human evolution categories.
Meat Eating And Human Evolution
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Author : Craig B. Stanford
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2001-06-14
Meat Eating And Human Evolution written by Craig B. Stanford and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-06-14 with Social Science categories.
When, why, and how early humans began to eat meat are three of the most fundamental unresolved questions in the study of human origins. Before 2.5 million years ago the presence and importance of meat in the hominid diet is unknown. After stone tools appear in the fossil record it seems clear that meat was eaten in increasing quantities, but whether it was obtained through hunting or scavenging remains a topic of intense debate. This book takes a novel and strongly interdisciplinary approach to the role of meat in the early hominid diet, inviting well-known researchers who study the human fossil record, modern hunter-gatherers, and nonhuman primates to contribute chapters to a volume that integrates these three perspectives. Stanford's research has been on the ecology of hunting by wild chimpanzees. Bunn is an archaeologist who has worked on both the fossil record and modern foraging people. This will be a reconsideration of the role of hunting, scavenging, and the uses of meat in light of recent data and modern evolutionary theory. There is currently no other book, nor has there ever been, that occupies the niche this book will create for itself.
Food And Human Evolution
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Author : Berman Hudson
language : en
Publisher: Algora Publishing
Release Date : 2021-10-01
Food And Human Evolution written by Berman Hudson and has been published by Algora Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-01 with Social Science categories.
Food has played a major role in human evolution. The fact that we stand upright, that we can talk, that we have big brains; even traits such as altruism and a sense of fairness—all of these can be attributed largely to the kinds of food our ancestors ate and how they acquired it. When our hominid ancestors learned to make stone weapons, it enabling them to kill and butcher large animals. Eating and sharing meat led to our big brains and our “Machiavellian intelligence.” We now face a modern food-related crisis. About 100 years ago, people began to abandon traditional diets in favor of refined, pre-packaged, factory-made foods. If you list the top ten crops receiving agricultural subsidies from USDA, no fruit or vegetable makes the list. This book describes how the rise of industrial food production unleashed an epidemic of metabolic disease that now threatens the very future of our species. America is being divided into two distinct populations — an obese majority that is subject to disease and early death, and a minority that remains largely free of these diseases. Diet-induced metabolic disease is beginning to pass directly from mothers to their children. Because of this intergenerational amplification, an evolutionary crisis is looming. This book offers a tantalizing range of information and ideas for readers interested in nutrition, anthropology, prehistoric studies, and human evolution, and food, diet, and human health as viewed from an overtly evolutionary perspective.
Food And Western Disease
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Author : Staffan Lindeberg
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2010-01-11
Food And Western Disease written by Staffan Lindeberg and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-11 with Medical categories.
Nutrition science is a highly fractionated, contentious field with rapidly changing viewpoints on both minor and major issues impacting on public health. With an evolutionary perspective as its basis, this exciting book provides a framework by which the discipline can finally be coherently explored. By looking at what we know of human evolution and disease in relation to the diets that humans enjoy now and prehistorically, the book allows the reader to begin to truly understand the link between diet and disease in the Western world and move towards a greater knowledge of what can be defined as the optimal human diet. Written by a leading expert Covers all major diseases, including cancer, heart disease, obesity, stroke and dementia Details the benefits and risks associated with the Palaeolithic diet Draws conclusions on key topics including sustainable nutrition and the question of healthy eating This important book provides an exciting and useful insight into this fascinating subject area and will be of great interest to nutritionists, dietitians and other members of the health professions. Evolutionary biologists and anthropologists will also find much of interest within the book. All university and research establishments where nutritional sciences, medicine, food science and biological sciences are studied and taught should have copies of this title.
Food And Evolution
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Author : Marvin Harris
language : en
Publisher: Temple University Press
Release Date : 1987
Food And Evolution written by Marvin Harris and has been published by Temple University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Cooking categories.
Author note: Marvin Harris is a Graduate Research Professor of Anthropology at the University of Florida. Eric B. Ross has taught at Mount Holyoke and the University of Michigan.
The Origins Of Human Diet And Medicine
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Author : Timothy Johns
language : en
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Release Date : 1996-01-01
The Origins Of Human Diet And Medicine written by Timothy Johns and has been published by University of Arizona Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-01-01 with Social Science categories.
People have always been attracted to foods rich in calories, fat, and protein; yet the biblical admonition that meat be eaten "with bitter herbs" suggests that unpalatable plants play an important role in our diet. So-called primitive peoples show a surprisingly sophisticated understanding of how their bodies interact with plant chemicals, which may allow us to rediscover the origins of diet by retracing the paths of biology and culture. The domestication of the potato serves as the focus of Timothy Johns's interdisciplinary study, which forges a bold synthesis of ethnobotany and chemical ecology. The Aymara of highland Bolivia have long used varieties of potato containing potentially toxic levels of glycoalkaloids, and Johns proposes that such plants can be eaten without harm owing to human genetic modification and cultural manipulation. Drawing on additional fieldwork in Africa, he considers the evolution of the human use of plants, the ways in which humans obtain foods from among the myriad poisonous and unpalatable plants in the environment, and the consequences of this history for understanding the basis of the human diet. A natural corollary to his investigation is the origin of medicine, since the properties of plants that make them unpalatable and toxic are the same properties that make them useful pharmacologically. As our species has adapted to the use of plants, plants have become an essential part of our internal ecology. Recovering the ancient wisdom regarding our interaction with the environment preserves a fundamental part of our human heritage.