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Survival Of The Fattest : the Key To Human Brain Evolution.

How did humans evolve larger and more sophisticated brains?In general, evolution depends on a special combination of circumstances: part genetics, part time, and part environment. In the case of human brain evolution, the main environmental influence was adaptation to a shore-based diet, which provi...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cunnane, Stephen C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Singapore : World Scientific, 2005.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:How did humans evolve larger and more sophisticated brains?In general, evolution depends on a special combination of circumstances: part genetics, part time, and part environment. In the case of human brain evolution, the main environmental influence was adaptation to a shore-based diet, which provided the worlds richest source of nutrition, as well as a sedentary lifestyle that promoted fat deposition. Such a diet included shellfish, fish, marsh plants, frogs, birds eggs, etc. Humans and, and more importantly, hominid babies started to get fat, a crucial distinction that led to the develo.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (363 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789812567703
9812567704
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