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Autore |
Cunnane Stephen C |
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Survival of the fattest [[electronic resource] ] : the key to human brain evolution / / Stephen C. Cunnane |
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Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-88081-7 |
9786611880811 |
981-256-770-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (363 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Brain - Evolution |
Brain - Evolution - Nutritional aspects |
Nutrition |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; 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 |
Chapter 8 Docosahexaenoic Acid: The Brain Selective Fatty AcidChapter 9 Genes, Brain Function and Human Brain Evolution; Chapter 10 Bringing the Environment and Diet Into Play; Chapter 11 The Shore-Based Scenario: Why Survival Misses the Point; Chapter 12 Earlier Versions; Chapter 13 The Evidence; Chapter 14 How Would It Work?; Chapter 15 Survival of the Fattest; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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'shore-based' diet, which provided the world's richest source of nutrition, as well as a sedentary lifestyle that promoted fat deposition. Such a diet included shellfish, fish, marsh plants, frogs, bird's eggs, etc. Humans and, and more importantly, hominid babies started to get fat, a crucial distinction that led to th |
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