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" Survival of the fattest : "
Stephen C. Cunnane.
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1020942
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b775312
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Cunnane, Stephen C.
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Survival of the fattest : : the key to human brain evolution /\ Stephen C. Cunnane.
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New Jersey :: World Scientific,, ©2005.
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1 online resource (xvii, 343 pages) :: illustrations
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1281880817
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: 9781281880819
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: 9789812561916
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: 9789812563187
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: 9789812567703
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: 9812561919
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: 9812563180
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: 9812567704
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-308) and index.
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| Contents
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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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Brain-- Evolution-- Nutritional aspects.
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Brain-- Evolution.
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Nutrition.
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Anatomy.
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Body Weight.
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Brain.
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Central Nervous System.
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Disease.
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Nervous System.
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Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms.
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Signs and Symptoms.
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Brain-- Evolution.
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MEDICAL-- Neuroscience.
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Nutrition.
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PSYCHOLOGY-- Neuropsychology.
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| Dewey Classification
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612.8
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QP376.C86 2005eb
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2005 K-445
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WL 300C973s 2005
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