Human Anatomy & Physiology (11th Edition)
Human Anatomy & Physiology (11th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134580999
Author: Elaine N. Marieb, Katja N. Hoehn
Publisher: PEARSON
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In approximately one paragraph, discuss at least two examples of how our biological evolutionary history is relevant to the ecology of human food production and consumption. Your examples should be grounded in the Spencer Wells reading and film assignments from this module. Try to relate these examples to your own life experience (and/or your own body of knowledge beyond this course).

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In the very early evolutionary stages,there are neither agriculture nor cooking systems .The people were dependent completely upon the fruits,natural vegetables and meat by hunting.

There is a shift to the processing of softer foods based on the tooth size reduces in homoerectus. 

In the early hominids, the specific shape of the molar cusps suggests adaptation to a  leaf and based diet.The frugivorous diet was found in Chimpanzees and bonobos .

Some of the fossil records found that the premolars of australopithecus were used to open the hard shells and they had the thick enameled teeth and also said that due to the dietary habits, hominids gained the good capacity brain like cromagnon.

 

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