04460oam 2200781 a 450 991095345120332120200520144314.097984006672069786610908400978128090840812809084089780313011399031301139710.5040/9798400667206(CKB)111087028138700(EBL)3000836(SSID)ssj0000174815(PQKBManifestationID)11170346(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000174815(PQKBWorkID)10187881(PQKB)11232024(Au-PeEL)EBL3000836(CaPaEBR)ebr10023310(CaONFJC)MIL90840(OCoLC)55490615(MiAaPQ)EBC3000836(OCoLC)1435635908(DLC)BP9798400667206BC(Perlego)4202550(EXLCZ)9911108702813870020010913e20022024 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHuman diet its origin and evolution /edited by Peter S. Ungar and Mark F. Teaford1st ed.Westport, Conn. :Praeger,2002.London :Bloomsbury Publishing,20241 online resource (210 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780897897365 0897897366 Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-200) and index.""Contents""; ""Chapter 1 Perspectives on the Evolution of Human Diet""; ""Chapter 2 Evolution, Diet, and Health""; ""Chapter 3 Post- Pleistocene Human Evolution: Bioarcheology of the Agricultural Transition""; ""Chapter 4 Early Childhood Health in Foragers""; ""Chapter 5 Meat- Eating, Grandmothering, and the Evolution of Early Human Diets""; ""Chapter 6 A Two- Stage Model of Increased Dietary Quality in Early Hominid Evolution: The Role of Fiber""; ""Chapter 7 Plants of the Apes: Is There a Hominoid Model for the Origins of the Hominid Diet?""""Chapter 8 Hunter� Gatherer Diets: Wild Foods Signal Relief from Diseases of Affluence""""Chapter 9 Hominid Dietary Niches from Proxy Chemical Indicators in Fossils: The Swartkrans Example""; ""Chapter 10 Paleontological Evidence for the Diets of African Plio- Pleistocene Hominins with Special Reference to Early Homo""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""About the Editors and Contributors""Diet is key to understanding the past, present, and future of our species. Much of human evolutionary success can be attributed to our ability to consume a wide range of foods. On the other hand, recent changes in the types of foods we eat may lie at the root of many of the health problems we face today. To deal with these problems, we must understand the evolution of the human diet. Studies of traditional peoples, non-human primates, human fossil and archaeological remains, nutritional chemistry, and evolutionary medicine, to name just a few, all contribute to our understanding of the evolution of the human diet. Still, as analyses become more specialized, researchers become more narrowly focused and isolated. This volume attempts to bring together authors schooled in a variety of academic disciplines so that we might begin to build a more cohesive view of the evolution of the human diet. The book demonstrates how past diets are reconstructed using both direct analogies with living traditional peoples and non-human primates, and studies of the bones and teeth of fossils. An understanding of our ancestral diets reveals how health relates to nutrition, and conclusions can be drawn as to how we may alter our current diets to further our health. Prehistoric peoplesFoodHunting, PrehistoricAgriculture, PrehistoricHunting and gathering societiesDietHistoryPrehistoric peoplesFood.Hunting, Prehistoric.Agriculture, Prehistoric.Hunting and gathering societies.DietHistory.930.1Ungar Peter S1799102Teaford Mark Franklyn1951-1799103DLCDLCDLCBOOK9910953451203321Human diet4342262UNINA