Human diet [[electronic resource] ] : its origin and evolution / / edited by Peter S. Ungar and Mark F. Teaford

• Pubblicazione: Westport, Conn., : Bergin & Garvey, 2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (210 p.)
• Disciplina: 930.1
• Soggetto topico: Prehistoric peoples - Food; Hunting, Prehistoric; Agriculture, Prehistoric; Hunting and gathering societies; Diet - History
• Altri autori: UngarPeter S TeafordMark Franklyn <1951->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-200) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""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 Hunterâ€? 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""
• Titolo autorizzato: Human diet
• ISBN: 1-280-90840-8; 9786610908400; 0-313-01139-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780350303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II