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Survival of the Fattest
Author | : Stephen C. Cunnane |
Publsiher | : World Scientific |
Total Pages | : 363 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9789812567703 |
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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 OCyshore-basedOCO diet, which provided the worldOCOs richest source of nutrition, as well as a sedentary lifestyle that promoted fat deposition. Such a diet included shellfish, fish, marsh plants, frogs, birdOCOs eggs, etc. Humans and, and more importantly, hominid babies started to get fat, a crucial distinction that led to the development of larger brains and to the evolution of modern humans. A larger brain is expensive to maintain and this increasing demand for energy results in, succinctly, survival of the fattest."
Survival Of The Fattest The Key To Human Brain Evolution
Author | : Stephan Cosgrave Cunnane |
Publsiher | : World Scientific |
Total Pages | : 363 |
Release | : 2005-05-06 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9789814480826 |
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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 the development of larger brains and to the evolution of modern humans. A larger brain is expensive to maintain and this increasing demand for energy results in, succinctly, survival of the fattest.
Adaptation and Survival
Author | : Richard Spilsbury |
Publsiher | : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP |
Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 2013-01-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781433986994 |
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Readers will learn about the important concept of adaptation through detailed descriptions of great white sharks’ camouflage, giraffes’ extremely long tongue, and more. Brightly colored, up-close photographs of these remarkable animals will engage readers as they learn all about how animals have come to survive in the wild. Sidebars and fact boxes add even more exciting information readers will love to share.
Human Brain Evolution
Author | : Stephen Cunnane,Kathlyn Stewart |
Publsiher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2010-07-30 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0470609877 |
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The evolution of the human brain and cognitive ability is one of the central themes of physical/biological anthropology. This book discusses the emergence of human cognition at a conceptual level, describing it as a process of long adaptive stasis interrupted by short periods of cognitive advance. These advances were not linear and directed, but were acquired indirectly as part of changing human behaviors, in other words through the process of exaptation (acquisition of a function for which it was not originally selected). Based on studies of the modem human brain, certain prerequisites were needed for the development of the early brain and associated cognitive advances. This book documents the energy and nutrient constraints of the modern brain, highlighting the significant role of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFA) in brain development and maintenance. Crawford provides further emphasis for the role of essential fatty acids, in particular DHA, in brain development, by discussing the evolution of the eye and neural systems. This is an ideal book for Graduate students, post docs, research scientists in Physical/Biological Anthropology, Human Biology, Archaeology, Nutrition, Cognitive Science, Neurosciences. It is also an excellent selection for a grad student discussion seminar.
Guts and Brains
Author | : Wil Roebroeks |
Publsiher | : Amsterdam University Press |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9087280149 |
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The human brain and its one hundred billion neurons compose the most complex organ in the body and harness more than 20% of all the energy we produce. Why do we have such large and energy-demanding brains, and how have we been able to afford such an expensive organ for thousands of years? Guts and Brains discusses the key variables at stake in such a question, including the relationship between brain size and diet, diet and social organization, and large brains and the human sexual division of labor. Showcasing how small changes in the diet of early hominins came to have large implications for the behavior of modern humans, this interdisciplinary volume provides an entry for the reader into understanding the development of both early primates and our own species.
Hibernation
Author | : Margaret Hall |
Publsiher | : Capstone |
Total Pages | : 30 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 0736863397 |
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Simple text and photographs introduce hibernation and how some animals prepare for and experience hibernation each year.
Human Brain Evolution
Author | : Stephen Cunnane,Kathlyn Stewart |
Publsiher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 238 |
Release | : 2010-06-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780470452684 |
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The evolution of the human brain and cognitive ability is one of the central themes of physical/biological anthropology. This book discusses the emergence of human cognition at a conceptual level, describing it as a process of long adaptive stasis interrupted by short periods of cognitive advance. These advances were not linear and directed, but were acquired indirectly as part of changing human behaviors, in other words through the process of exaptation (acquisition of a function for which it was not originally selected). Based on studies of the modem human brain, certain prerequisites were needed for the development of the early brain and associated cognitive advances. This book documents the energy and nutrient constraints of the modern brain, highlighting the significant role of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFA) in brain development and maintenance. Crawford provides further emphasis for the role of essential fatty acids, in particular DHA, in brain development, by discussing the evolution of the eye and neural systems. This is an ideal book for Graduate students, post docs, research scientists in Physical/Biological Anthropology, Human Biology, Archaeology, Nutrition, Cognitive Science, Neurosciences. It is also an excellent selection for a grad student discussion seminar.
Green Gone Wild
Author | : M. David Stirling |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : STANFORD:36105124033304 |
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Green Gone Wild takes an in depth look at government confiscatory regulation of private property in the name of protecting so-called endangered plant and wildlife species that trample on Fifth Amendment guarantees. This book shines a spotlight on the extreme green movement that has cost many Americans their lives, jobs, and homes while saving only a handful of species.