Survival of the fattest :: the key to human brain evolution /

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,...

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1. Verfasser: Cunnane, Stephen C.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New Jersey : World Scientific, ©2005.
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Zusammenfassung: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 the develo.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xvii, 343 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-308) and index.
ISBN:9812567704
9789812567703
9789812561916
9812561919
9789812563187
9812563180
1281880817
9781281880819

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