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Edible insects and human evolution

Title
Edible insects and human evolution [electronic resource] / Julie J. Lesnik.
Author
Lesnik, Julie J.
Publication
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2018.

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Description
1 online resource (xi, 184 pages)
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.
Uniform Title
Edible insects and human evolution (Online)
Alternative Title
Edible insects and human evolution (Online)
Subject
  • Entomophagy
  • Edible insects
  • Food habits
  • Human evolution
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
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.
LCCN
2017055302
OCLC
ssj0002032551
Author
Lesnik, Julie J.
Title
Edible insects and human evolution [electronic resource] / Julie J. Lesnik.
Imprint
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2018.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
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