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QP376 .C86 2005eb
QP376
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C86
2005eb
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1281880817
9781281880819
9789812561916
9789812563187
9789812567703
9812561919
9812563180
9812567704
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Survival of the fattest :
[Book]
the key to human brain evolution /
Stephen C. Cunnane.
New Jersey :
World Scientific,
©2005.
1 online resource (xvii, 343 pages) :
illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-308) and index.
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.
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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 develo.
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Survival of the fattest.
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Brain-- Evolution-- Nutritional aspects.
Brain-- Evolution.
Nutrition.
Anatomy.
Body Weight.
Brain.
Central Nervous System.
Disease.
Nervous System.
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms.
Signs and Symptoms.
Brain-- Evolution.
MEDICAL-- Neuroscience.
Nutrition.
PSYCHOLOGY-- Neuropsychology.
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PSY-- 020000
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