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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Singapore :
World Scientific,
2005.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Foreword; Preface How Did the Human Brain Evolve?; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Human Evolution: A Brief Overview; Chapter 2 The Human Brain: Evolution of Larger Size and Plasticity; Chapter 3 Defining Characteristics: Vulnerability and High Energy Requirement; Chapter 4 Fatness in Human Babies: Critical Insurance for Brain Development; Chapter 5 Nutrition: The Key to Normal Brain Development; Chapter 6 Iodine: The Primary Brain Selective Nutrient; Chapter 7 Iron, Copper, Zinc and Selenium: The Other Brain Selective Minerals.