The evolution of hominin diets : integrating approaches to the study of Palaeolithic subsistence /
edited by Jean-Jacques Hublin and Michael P. Richards.
- [Dordrecht] : Springer, c2009.
- xiv, 264 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.
- Vertebrate paleobiology and paleoanthropology series Max Planck Institute subseries in human evolution .
- Vertebrate paleobiology and paleoanthropology. Max Planck Institute subseries in human evolution. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The diets of non-human primates : frugivory, food processing, and food sharing / The energetics of encephalization in early hominids / Meals versus snacks and the human dentition and diet during the Paleolithic / Hunting and hunting weapons of the Lower and Middle Paleolithic of Europe / Neanderthal and modern human diet in Eastern Europe / Hominin subsistence patterns during the Middle and Late Paleolithic in northwestern Europe / Late Pleistocene subsistence strategies and resource intensification in Africa / Seasonal patterns of prey acquisition and inter-group competition during the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic of the southern Caucasus / Epipaleolithic subsistence intensification in the southern Levant : the faunal evidence / Paleolithic diet and the division of labor in Mediterranean Eurasia / Moving north : achaeobotanical evidence for plant diet in Middle and Upper Paleolithic Europe / Diet in early hominin species : a paleoenvironmental perspective / The impace of projectile weaponry on Late Pleistocene hominin evolution / The evolution of the human capacity for "killing at a distance" : the human fossil evidence for the evolution of projectile weaponry / An energetics perspective on the Neandertal record / [Delta-13]C values reflect aspects of primate ecology in addition to diet / Increased dietary breadth in early hominin evolution : revisiting arguments and evidence with a focus on biogeochemical contributions / Neanderthal dietary habits : review of the isotopic evidence / Stable isotope evidence for European Upper Paleolithic human diets / Gottfried Hohmann -- J. Josh Snodgrass, William R. Leonard, and Marcia L. Robertson -- Peter William Lucas ... [et al.] -- Modern human physiology with respect to evolutionary adaptations that relate to diet in the past / Staffan Lindeberg -- Paola Villa and Michel Lenoir -- John F. Hoffecker -- Sabine Gaudzinski-Windheuser and Laura Niven -- Teresa E. Steele and Richard G. Klein -- Daniel S. Adler and Guy Bar-Oz -- Natalie Munro -- Mary C. Stiner and Steven L. Kuhn -- Martin Jones -- Zeresenay Alemseged and René Bobe -- John J. Shea -- Steven E. Churchill and Jill A. Rhodes -- Katharine Macdonald, Wil Roebroeks, and Alexander Verpoorte -- Margaret J. Schoeninger -- Matt Sponheimer and Darna L. Dufour -- Hervé Bocherens -- Michael P. Richards
9781402096983 (hbk.) 9781402096990 (ebk.)
Prehistoric peoples--Food.
Human evolution.
Fossil hominids.
Paleolithic period.
Nutritional anthropology.
599.9 / EVO 2009
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The diets of non-human primates : frugivory, food processing, and food sharing / The energetics of encephalization in early hominids / Meals versus snacks and the human dentition and diet during the Paleolithic / Hunting and hunting weapons of the Lower and Middle Paleolithic of Europe / Neanderthal and modern human diet in Eastern Europe / Hominin subsistence patterns during the Middle and Late Paleolithic in northwestern Europe / Late Pleistocene subsistence strategies and resource intensification in Africa / Seasonal patterns of prey acquisition and inter-group competition during the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic of the southern Caucasus / Epipaleolithic subsistence intensification in the southern Levant : the faunal evidence / Paleolithic diet and the division of labor in Mediterranean Eurasia / Moving north : achaeobotanical evidence for plant diet in Middle and Upper Paleolithic Europe / Diet in early hominin species : a paleoenvironmental perspective / The impace of projectile weaponry on Late Pleistocene hominin evolution / The evolution of the human capacity for "killing at a distance" : the human fossil evidence for the evolution of projectile weaponry / An energetics perspective on the Neandertal record / [Delta-13]C values reflect aspects of primate ecology in addition to diet / Increased dietary breadth in early hominin evolution : revisiting arguments and evidence with a focus on biogeochemical contributions / Neanderthal dietary habits : review of the isotopic evidence / Stable isotope evidence for European Upper Paleolithic human diets / Gottfried Hohmann -- J. Josh Snodgrass, William R. Leonard, and Marcia L. Robertson -- Peter William Lucas ... [et al.] -- Modern human physiology with respect to evolutionary adaptations that relate to diet in the past / Staffan Lindeberg -- Paola Villa and Michel Lenoir -- John F. Hoffecker -- Sabine Gaudzinski-Windheuser and Laura Niven -- Teresa E. Steele and Richard G. Klein -- Daniel S. Adler and Guy Bar-Oz -- Natalie Munro -- Mary C. Stiner and Steven L. Kuhn -- Martin Jones -- Zeresenay Alemseged and René Bobe -- John J. Shea -- Steven E. Churchill and Jill A. Rhodes -- Katharine Macdonald, Wil Roebroeks, and Alexander Verpoorte -- Margaret J. Schoeninger -- Matt Sponheimer and Darna L. Dufour -- Hervé Bocherens -- Michael P. Richards
9781402096983 (hbk.) 9781402096990 (ebk.)
Prehistoric peoples--Food.
Human evolution.
Fossil hominids.
Paleolithic period.
Nutritional anthropology.
599.9 / EVO 2009