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Edible insects and human evolution / Julie J. Lesnik.
Penn Museum Library GN409.5 .L47 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lesnik, Julie J., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Entomophagy.
- Edible insects.
- Food habits.
- Human evolution.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 184 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2018]
- Summary:
- Edible Insects and Human Evolution investigates insects in the human diet from an evolutionary perspective. This book argues that insects were just as important as meat in the past and that today they offer a sustainable alternative to meat.
- Contents:
- Introduction to entomophagy anthropology
- Understanding the ick factor
- Ethnographic examples of insect foraging
- Nutrition and reproductive ecology
- Insect eating in nonhuman primates
- Reconstructing the role of insects in diets of early hominins
- Edible insects and the genus homo
- The potential for future discover: testing hypotheses of edible insects
- Going forward: getting over our obsession with meat.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780813056999
- 0813056993
- OCLC:
- 1006440099
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