Evolution of the Human Diet: The Known, the Unknown, and the Unknowable

by Peter S. Ungar

Book Overview

We are interested in the evolution of hominin diets for several reasons. One is the fundamental concern over our present-day eating habits and the consequences of our societal choices, such as obesity prevalent in some cultures and starvation in others. Another is that humans have learned to feed themselves in extremely varied environments, and these adaptations, which are fundamentally different from those of our closest biological relatives, have...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195183479
• ISBN13: 9780195183474
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.5"