Survival of the fattest [[electronic resource] ] : the key to human brain evolution / / Stephen C. Cunnane
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2005 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (363 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 612.8 |
| Soggetto topico: | Brain - Evolution |
| Brain - Evolution - Nutritional aspects | |
| Nutrition | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 '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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Survival of the fattest |
| ISBN: | 1-281-88081-7 |
| 9786611880811 | |
| 981-256-770-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910783639903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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