Food and evolution : toward a theory of human food habits
An unprecedented interdisciplinary effort suggests that there is a systematic theory behind why humans eat what they eat
1 online resource (ix, 633 pages) : illustrations
9781439901038, 1439901031
316066812
Overview of trends in dietary variation from hunter-gatherer to modern capitalist societies / Eric B. Ross
Foodways: historical overview and theoretical prolegomenon / Marvin Harris
Primate diets and gut morphology: implications for hominid evolution / Katharine Milton
Omnivorous primate diets and human overconsumption of meat / William J. Hamilton III
Fava bean consumption: a case for the co-evolution of genes and culture / Solomon H. Katz
Problems and pitfalls in the assessment of human nutritional status / P.L. Pellett
Psychobiological perspectives on food preferences and avoidances / Paul Rozin
Preference for animal protein and fat: a cross-cultural survey / H. Leon Abrams, Jr
Biocultural consequences of animals versus plants as sources of fats, proteins, and other nutrients / Leslie Sue Lieberman. Significance of long-term changes in human diet and food economy / Mark N. Cohen
Life in the "garden of Eden": causes and consequences of the adoption of marine diets by human societies / David R. Yesner
Analysis of hunter-gatherer diets: stalking an optimal foraging model / Bruce Winterhalder
How much food do foragers need? / Kristen Hawkes
Aboriginal subsistence in a tropical rain forest environment: food procurement, cannibalism, and population regulation in northeastern Australia / David R. Harris
Ecological and structural influences on the proportions of wild foods in the diets of two Machiguenga communities / Allen Johnson and Michael Baksh
Limiting factors in Amazonian ecology / Kenneth R. Good
Loaves and fishes in Bangladesh / Shirley Lindenbaum
Animal protein consumption and the sacred cow complex in India / K.N. Nair
Effects of colonialism and neocolonialism on the gastronomic patterns of the third world / Richard W. Franke
Stability and change in highland Andean dietary patterns / Benjamin S. Orlove
Social class and diet in contemporary Mexico / Gretel H. Pelto
From Costa Rican pasture to North American hamburger / Marc Edelman
Evolution of human subsistence / Anna Roosevelt
Biocultural aspects of food choice / George Armelagos
Papers originally presented at the 94th Symposium of the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Cedar Key, Fla. October 23-30, 1983