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This text aims to describe how humankind succeeded in its quest for food - from the first primates to the earliest civilisations.'
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Evolution and cultural development have enabled humans to find food in a vast array of different environments. This has resulted in our species colonising practically every landmass on the planet. Drawing on a wide range of disciplines - primatology, zoology, palaeontology, anthropology, archaeology, nutrition and food sciences - Ivan Crowe describes how this came about.
The story begins 65 million years ago with the appearance of the first primates that inhabited the earth's vast forests and ends with the advent of the first farming communities and early civilisations, such as those of Mesopotamia and in the Indus Valley. The author explains how the dietary needs of our primate ancestors and their quest for food were to influence our own species' physical evolution and cognitive characteristics. He describes how migrations, climatic fluctuations and environmental transitions affected the ways in which our hominioid ancestors and later our human forebears acquired their food. Each of these factors influenced our evolution and the development of our culture.
The energy obtained from food must exceed that used to acquire it. The book explains how the unique formula that humans have adopted to fulfil this requirement - which has remained pivotal to our survival and success as a species for thousands of years - is now placing our present-day civilisation in jeopardy.
A text of great clarity (which will appeal to the general reader as well as to the student) is enhanced by a fine range of illustrations specially prepared for this book by the author himself.
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- PublisherThe History Press LTD
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0752414623
- ISBN 13 9780752414621
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages272
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Hardcover, 258 pp + 16 pages of glossy colour plates ("food resources found in various world habitats"), numerous b&w illustrations in text, NOT ex-library. A minor small & faint stain showing in the inner lower corner of first couple of pages; small gentle stains on upper page edges externally; faint external staining on boards (across the lower spine & inner corners). Else book is clean and bright with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps. Firm secure binding. Dust jacket is damaged (a loss to the upper corner of the rear panel/flap with a short tear, staining along the lower edges). --- Evolution and cultural development have enabled humans to find food in a vast array of different environments. This has resulted in our species colonising practically every landmass on the planet. Drawing on a wide range of disciplines - primatology, zoology, palaeontology, anthropology, archaeology, nutrition and food sciences - Ivan Crowe describes how this came about. The story begins 65 million years ago with the appearance of the first primates that inhabited the earth's vast forests and ends with the advent of the first farming communities and early civilisations, such as those of Mesopotamia and in the Indus Valley. The author explains how the dietary needs of our primate ancestors and their quest for food were to influence our own species' physical evolution and cognitive characteristics. He describes how migrations, climatic fluctuations and environmental transitions affected the ways in which our hominioid ancestors and later our human forebears acquired their food. Each of these factors influenced our evolution and the development of our culture. The energy obtained from food must exceed that used to acquire it. The book explains how the unique formula that humans have adopted to fulfil this requirement - which has remained pivotal to our survival and success as a species for thousands of years - is now placing our present-day civilisation in jeopardy. A text of great clarity (which will appeal to the general reader as well as to the student) is enhanced by a fine range of illustrations specially prepared for this book by the author himself. Seller Inventory # 004217
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