How Food Fueled Human Evolution at The Great Hall of the International House located in Eleanor Roosevelt College on the North End of UCSD Campus
January 18, 2012 from 6:30pm to 10pm
Margaret J. SchoeningerHumans dominate our planet thanks largely to our unique abilities to extract calories and protein from all kinds of animal and plant material. This lecture reviews how we changed physically from an ape-like ancestor to modern humans in concert with important dietary changes. Our ancestral cuisine changed from the basic primate diet of fruit with leaves and/or insects to include fat- and protein-rich hard-shelled nuts, which in turn allowed a significant dietary shift…See More
