Re: Evolution of Human Diet Article in Sci. Am.

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--- " thin_man02 " <thin_man02@y...> wrote:

> In the December 2002 issue of Scientific American, there is

> an interesting article about the evolution of the

> human diet: " Food for Thought--Dietary change was

> a driving force in human evolution, " By R. Leonard.

> It can be found at:

>

> http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa006 & articleID=0007B7DC-

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I wish they had seen fit to mention the book on this subject:

``The Driving Force: Food, Evolution, and the Future,''

- Crawford, and Marsh.

Long ago, Crawford and Marsh theorised that nutritional constraints

are important in determining what structures organisms can afford

to build.

Looking at human beings they concluded that rapid increased

availability of EFAs may have been a top factor that allowed brain

growth among our ancestors to take place - and pointed the finger at

new diets - especially seafood diets.

http://www.nutrition4health.org/NOHAnews/NNF91CrawfordFDFE.html

has some more details.