Has an aquatic diet been necessary for hominin brain evolution and functional development?

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-17

  Langdon, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain development; Brain evolution; DHA; Fatty acids; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CALORIC INTAKE; COGNITION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FAT INTAKE; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; INFANT NUTRITION; INTELLIGENCE; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID STORAGE; LIPOGENESIS; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; REVIEW; SEA FOOD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; BRAIN; DIET; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FOOD CHAIN; HUMANS; MARINE BIOLOGY; MILK, HUMAN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS, EDIBLE;

EID: 33746752063     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN20061805     Document Type: Review

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