Food and human evolution : how ancestral diets shaped our minds and bodies /

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"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. We now face...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hudson, Berman D. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Algora Publishing, [2021]
Temas:
Prehistoric peoples > Food.
Food habits > History.
Human evolution.
Human behavior > Nutritional aspects.
Diet in disease.
Diet
Sociétés préhistoriques > Alimentation.
Habitudes alimentaires > Histoire.
Êtres humains > Évolution.
Comportement humain > Aspect nutritionnel.
Régimes alimentaires.
Diet in disease
Food habits
Human behavior > Nutritional aspects
Human evolution
Prehistoric peoples > Food
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A modern dilemma
  • Pima, Polynesians, and sand rats
  • Starvation and overfeeding
  • The east side story
  • Peasants
  • An American tale
  • Industrial food
  • Dead presidents
  • Sweet and salty
  • Sedentary nation
  • The omnivore's dilemma
  • Epilogue. A deadly inheritance.

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