Fat, Not Meat, May Have Led to Bigger Hominin Brains
A new theory challenges assumptions about when and how our ancestors altered their behaviors to boost brainpower.
Fat, Not Meat, May Have Led to Bigger Hominin Brains
Food
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Who Decided It Was Bad to Be Fat?
Westerners have long shunned obese people, and this attitude now pervades much of the globe. Was this always the case?
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Fat Gets No Respect (But That Should Change)
In this original animated video, anthropological research helps reveal the surprising story behind fat in the human body and in cultures around the world.
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What’s the Cost of Quinoa?
Many had hoped that quinoa production would lift farmers out of poverty and rehabilitate a war-torn nation—but the state of this seed remains uncertain.
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Why Don’t More Humans Eat Bugs?
Around the world, at least two billion people routinely consume insects. One anthropologist believes geography and colonization can explain why some populations are too squeamish to stomach such foods.
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Why Can’t Most Humans Drink Milk?
A 3,200-year-old piece of cheese from Egypt is providing more evidence about how humans evolved to consume dairy products.