Macronutrient contributions of insects to the diets of hunter-gatherers: A geometric analysis

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 71, Issue , 2014, Pages 70-76

  Raubenheimer, David ^a   Rothman, Jessica M ^b,c   Pontzer, Herman ^b,c   Simpson, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c NEW YORK CONSORTIUM IN EVOLUTIONARY PRIMATOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human diet; Human entomophagy; Human insectivory; Nutritional ecology; Nutritional geometry; Pre ingestive processing; Protein

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; DIET; GEOMETRY; HUNTER-GATHERER; INSECTIVORY; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRITION; PROTEIN;

HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

PROTEIN INTAKE;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DIET; FOOD CHAIN; HUMAN; INSECT; METABOLISM; MEXICO; NIGERIA; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN INTAKE; THAILAND;

ANIMALS; DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; FOOD CHAIN; HUMANS; INSECTS; MEXICO; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NIGERIA; NUTRITIVE VALUE; THAILAND;

EID: 84902293244     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2014.02.007     Document Type: Article

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