Evolution's Bite.

Ungar describes how a tooth's 'foodprints'--distinctive patterns of microscopic wear and tear--provide telltale details about what an animal actually ate in the past. These clues, combined with groundbreaking research in paleoclimatology, demonstrate how a changing climate altered the...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ungar, Peter S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton University Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Human evolution.
Teeth > Evolution.
Dental anthropology.
Nutritional anthropology.
Prehistoric peoples > Food.
Diet > History.
Fossil hominids.
Teeth, Fossil.
Evolution (Biology)
Diet > history
Paleontology > methods
Biological Evolution
Hominidae
Paleodontology > methods
Paleodontology
Êtres humains > Évolution.
Dentition.
Anthropologie de l'alimentation.
Sociétés préhistoriques > Alimentation.
Alimentation > Histoire.
Homme fossile.
Dents fossiles.
Évolution (Biologie)
evolution.
NATURE > Animals > Mammals.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Mammals.
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology
Dental anthropology
Diet
Fossil hominids
Human evolution
Nutritional anthropology
Prehistoric peoples > Food
Teeth > Evolution
Teeth, Fossil
Ernährung
Frühmensch
Zahn
Hominisation
Paläanthropologie
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • How teeth work
  • How teeth are used
  • Out of the garden
  • Our changing world
  • Foodprints
  • What made us human
  • The Neolithic revolution
  • Victims of our own success.

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