Survival of the fattest: The key to human brain evolution;L'evolution du cerveau humain: De la matière grasse à la metière grise

Medecine/Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 6-7, 2006, Pages 659-663

  Cunnane, Stephen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; IODIDE; IRON;

AFRICA; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHIMPANZEE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; EVOLUTION; FISH; GENOME; HABITAT SELECTION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PRIMATE; REVIEW; SHELLFISH; ANIMAL; BRAIN; HISTOLOGY; HOMINID; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SURVIVOR;

ANIMALIA; HOMINIDAE; PAN; PRIMATES;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; EVOLUTION; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; OBESITY; SURVIVORS;

EID: 33745884128     PISSN: 07670974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/medsci/20062267659     Document Type: Review

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