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Survival Of The Fattest: The Key To Human Brain Evolution Cunnane, Stephan Cosgrave (Univ De Sherbrooke, Canada)
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Survival Of The Fattest: The Key To Human Brain Evolution
Cunnane, Stephan Cosgrave (Univ De Sherbrooke, Canada)
Evolution, in general, 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 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, succintly, survival of the fattest.
368 pages, black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | May 25, 2005 |
| ISBN13 | 9789812561916 |
| Publishers | World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd |
| Pages | 368 |
| Dimensions | 231 × 157 × 24 mm · 672 g |
| Language | English |
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