FOOD AND EVOLUTION

Toward a Theory of Human Food Habits

Libro editado por Marvin Harris y Eric B. Ross (1987)

Contenido:

Introduction

Part I. Theoretical Overview

1. An Overview of Trends in Dietary Variation from Hunter-Gatherer to Modern Capitalist Societies
ERIC B. ROSS
2. Foodways: Historical Overview and Theoretical Prolegomenon
MARVIN HARRIS

Part II. Bioevolutionary Antecedents and Constraints

3. Primate Diets and Gut Morphology: Implications for Hominid Evolution
KATHARINE MILTON
4. Omnivorous Primate Diets and Human Overconsumption of Meat
WILLIAM J. HAMILTON III
5. Fava Bean Consumption: A Case for the CoEvolution of Genes and Culture
SOLOMON H. KATZ

Part III. Nutritional and Biopsychological Constraints

6. Problems and Pitfalls in the Assessment of Human Nutritional Status
P. L. PELLETT
7. Psychobiological Perspectives on Food Preferences and Avoidances
PAUL ROZIN
8. The Preference for Animal Protein and f'at: A Cross-Cultural Survey
H. LEON ABRAMS, JR.
9. Biocultural Consequences of Animals Versus Plants as Sources of Fats, Proteins, and Other Nutrients
LESLIE SUE LIEBERMAN

Part IV. Pre-State Foodways: Past and Present

10. The Significance of Long-Term Changes in Human Diet and Food Economy
MARK N. COHEN
11. Life in the "Garden of Eden": Causes and Consequences of the Adoption of Marine Diets by
Human Societies
DAVID R. YESNER
12. The Analysis of Hunter-Gatherer Diets: Stalking an Optimal Foraging Model
BRUCE WINTERHALDER
13. How Much Food Do Foragers Need?
KRISTEN HAWKES
14. Aboriginal Subsistence in a Tropical Rain Forest Environment: Food Procurement, Cannibalism, and Population Regulation in Northeastern Australia
DAVID R. HARRIS
15. Ecological and Structural Influences on the Proportions of Wild Foods in the Diets of Two
Machiguenga Communities
ALLEN JOHNSON and MICHAEL BAKSH
16. Limiting Factors in Amazonian Ecology
KENNETH R. GOOD

Part V. The Political Economy and the Political Ecology of Contemporary Foodways

17. Loaves and Fishes in Bangladesh
SHIRLEY LINDENBAUM
18. Animal Protein Consumption and the Sacred Cow Complex in India
K. N. NAIR
19. The Effects of Colonialism and Neocolonialism on the Gastronomic Patterns of the Third 'Vorld
RICHARD W. FRANKE
20. Stability and Change in Highland Andean Dietary Patterns
BENJAMIN S. ORLOVE
21. Social Class and Diet in Contemporary Mexico
GRETEL H. PELTO
22. From Costa Rican Pasture to North American Hamburger
MARC EDELMAN

Part VI. Discussion and Conclusions

23. The Evolution of Human Subsistence
ANNA ROOSEVELT
24. Biocultural Aspects of Food Choice
GEORGE ARMELAGOS