Encephalisation And Diet Explained - Debunking A Popular Meat Eating Theory
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| Encephalisation And Diet Explained
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| Debunking A Popular Meat Eating Theory
| by J S Coleman
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| Introduction
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| Many anthropologists* have promoted the idea that
| disproportionate brain growth in humans has been promoted by the
| introduction of meat, in the diet of early hominids. It is
| commonly supposed that only this rich source of calories,
| protein and fat can support human brain growth. Popular authors
| such as Richard Leakey (1), use the claims of Robert Martin from
| the Institute of Anthropology in Zurich, saying, "this increase
| in brain size could have occurred only with an enhanced energy
| supply" (p.69, op. cit.). Leaky states that this additional
| nutritional requirement could have been provided by meat, adding
| that, "only by adding a significant proportion of meat to its
| diet could early Homo have 'afforded' to build a brain beyond
| australopithecine size." (p.70, op. cit.) However, nuts and
| seeds also provided a concentrated source of calories fats and
| proteins in early Homo nutrition, as well is in modern gatherer-
| hunter diets. But does a scientific analysis of the available
| evidence support the supposition that brain growth is nutrient
| accelerated or dependant, in humans?
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