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Edible insects and human evolution
- Title
- Edible insects and human evolution / Julie J. Lesnik.
- Author
- Lesnik, Julie J.
- Publication
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2018]
- ©2018
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Details
- Description
- xix, 184 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- Edible Insects and Human Evolution investigates insects in the human diet from an evolutionary perspective. This book argues that insects were just as important as meat in the past and that today they offer a sustainable alternative to meat.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction to entomophagy anthropology -- Understanding the ick factor -- Ethnographic examples of insect foraging -- Nutrition and reproductive ecology -- Insect eating in nonhuman primates -- Reconstructing the role of insects in diets of early hominins -- Edible insects and the genus homo -- The potential for future discover: testing hypotheses of edible insects -- Going forward: getting over our obsession with meat.
- Call Number
- JFE 18-6139
- ISBN
- 9780813056999
- 0813056993
- LCCN
- 2017055302
- OCLC
- 1006440099
- Author
- Lesnik, Julie J., author.
- Title
- Edible insects and human evolution / Julie J. Lesnik.
- Publisher
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2018]
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 18-6139