Diet and primate evolution
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Research indicates that the way in which early primates dealt with the difficult task of obtaining nutrition from plants affected the evolution of the primate order. The health problems of humans may be the result of the mismatch between their diets and those of early primates.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1993
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The evolution of human birth
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Issues concerning the history and evolution of the physical and psychological process of the human birth are discussed. Particular attention is given to comparisons between human and primate birth processes and to the need for help and companionship at birth.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2001
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Birth of the modern diet
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A description of the history of the modern diet is presented. Dietary practices in the 16th Century and 17th Century and the connections which were made between medical practice and food are discussed.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2000
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