Food And Evolution
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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.
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.
The Driving Force
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Author : Michael Crawford
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
The Driving Force written by Michael Crawford and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with 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.
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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Catching Fire
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Author : Richard Wrangham
language : en
Publisher: Profile Books
Release Date : 2010-08-06
Catching Fire written by Richard Wrangham and has been published by Profile Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08-06 with Science categories.
In this stunningly original book, Richard Wrangham argues that it was cooking that caused the extraordinary transformation of our ancestors from apelike beings to Homo erectus. At the heart of Catching Fire lies an explosive new idea: the habit of eating cooked rather than raw food permitted the digestive tract to shrink and the human brain to grow, helped structure human society, and created the male-female division of labour. As our ancestors adapted to using fire, humans emerged as "the cooking apes". Covering everything from food-labelling and overweight pets to raw-food faddists, Catching Fire offers a startlingly original argument about how we came to be the social, intelligent, and sexual species we are today. "This notion is surprising, fresh and, in the hands of Richard Wrangham, utterly persuasive ... Big, new ideas do not come along often in evolution these days, but this is one." -Matt Ridley, author of Genome
100 Million Years Of Food
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Author : Stephen Le
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Release Date : 2016-02-02
100 Million Years Of Food written by Stephen Le and has been published by Macmillan + ORM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-02 with Science categories.
A fascinating tour through the evolution of the human diet and how we can improve our health by understanding our complicated history with food. There are few areas of modern life that are burdened by as much information and advice, often contradictory, as our diet and health: eat a lot of meat, eat no meat; whole grains are healthy, whole grains are a disaster; eat everything in moderation; eat only certain foods--and on and on. In 100 Million Years of Food, biological anthropologist Stephen Le explains how cuisines of different cultures are a result of centuries of evolution, finely tuned to our biology and surroundings. Today many cultures have strayed from their ancestral diets, relying instead on mass-produced food often made with chemicals that may be contributing to a rise in so-called Western diseases, such as cancer, heart disease, and obesity.
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.
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.