Food for Thought: The Role of Coastlines and Aquatic Resources in Human Evolution

Human Brain Evolution: The Influence of Freshwater and Marine Food Resources

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 125-136

  Erlandson, Jon M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeological evidence for antiquity of fishing; Coastlines and aquatic resources role in human evolution; Human nutrition and physiology aquatic ecosystems in evolution of genus Homo

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885555225     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470609880.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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