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Survival of the fattest : the key to human brain evolution / Stephen C. Cunnane.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cunnane, Stephen C.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brain--Evolution.
- Brain.
- Brain--Evolution--Nutritional aspects.
- Nutrition.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (363 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611880811
- 9781281880819
- 1281880817
- 9789812567703
- 9812567704
- OCLC:
- 475965589
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