Fermenting fruit and the historical ecology of ethanol ingestion: Is alcoholism in modern humans an evolutionary hangover?

Addiction

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 381-388

  Dudley, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Ethanol; Frugivory; Fruit; Primate

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FERMENTATION; FRUIT; HUMAN; PRIMATE;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DIET; ETHANOL; EVOLUTION; FERMENTATION; FRUIT; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; PRIMATES;

EID: 0036220788     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.2002.00002.x     Document Type: Article

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