 |
|
|
Item Details
| Title:
|
FORAGING STRATEGIES AND NATURAL DIET OF MONKEYS, APES, AND HUMANS
PROCEEDINGS OF A ROYAL SOCIETY DISCUSSION MEETING HELD ON 30 & 31 MAY 1991 |
| By: |
Andrew Whiten (Editor), Elsie M. Widdowson (Editor) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
|
£102.50 |
|
We currently do not stock this item, please contact the publisher directly for
further information.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ISBN 10: |
019852255X |
| ISBN 13: |
9780198522553 |
| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 April, 1992 |
| Series: |
Proceedings of a Royal Society Discussion Meeting |
| Pages: |
146 |
| Description: |
The nature of our ancestral "stone age diet" is increasingly acknowledged to be important for understanding the effects of present-day nutrition on health and disease, yet remains poorly understood. This volume, based on a Royal Society Discussion Meeting, brings together the latest findings from studies of feeding behaviour in monkeys and apes, the fossil evidence about the diet of our human ancestors, and research on the foraging patterns of present-day hunters andgatherers. A final section summarizes recent dietary changes and their impact on human health today. |
| Synopsis: |
The beginnings of agriculture started to change our ancestors' natural diet a mere 12,000 years ago. For most of the two-million-year history of the genus Homo, foods were harvested from what the environment of the moment had to offer. The legacy of such natural diets and humans' adaptations to them are increasingly recognized as holding a key to the understanding and prevention of many of today's nutritional problems and diseases. The nature and evolution of these diets and the foraging strategies underlying them have nevertheless remained poorly understood. This volume, based on a Royal Society Discussion Meeting, brings together the latest findings from a diverse range of relevant disciplines. Three major sections deal in turn with foraging behaviour in African apes and other non-human primates, with the fossil evidence on the diet of our human ancestors, and with the insights gained from studies of present-day hunters and gatherers. A final section summarizes recent dietary changes and their impact on human health today. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Oxford University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
No Cheese, Please!
A fun picture book for children with food allergies - full of friendship and super-cute characters!Little Mo the mouse is having a birthday party.
|
My Brother Is a Superhero
Luke is massively annoyed about this, but when Zack is kidnapped by his arch-nemesis, Luke and his friends have only five days to find him and save the world...
|
|
|
|
|