Rift Valley lake fish and shellfish provided brain-specific nutrition for early Homo

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 3-21

  Broadhurst, C Leigh ^a,b   Cunnane, Stephen C ^c   Crawford, Michael A ^d  

^a 22nd Century Nutrition Inc   (United States)

^b BELTSVILLE HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain specific nutrition; East Africa Rift Valley Lakes; Fish; Long chain PUFA

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

AFRICA; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; DIETARY INTAKE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FISH; HOMINID; HUMAN; LAKE; NUTRITION; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SHELLFISH;

HOMINIDAE; HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 0031984396     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/bjn19980004     Document Type: Review

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