Chew on this Evolution's Bite: A Story of Teeth, Diet, and Human Origins Peter S. Ungar Princeton University Press, 2017. 248 pp

Chew on this Evolution's Bite: A Story of Teeth, Diet, and Human Origins Peter S. Ungar Princeton University Press, 2017. 248 pp

A paleoecological exploration probes the evolution of human diets Most popular books on human evolu­tion leverage the discovery of a new fossil to reassess how paleoanthro­pologists have pieced together our evolutionary history. In Evolution's Bite , Peter Ungar takes a very dif­ferent approach...

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Published in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 2017-05, Vol.356 (6339), p.710-710
Main Author: Beard, K. Christopher
Format: Article
Language:eng
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Summary:A paleoecological exploration probes the evolution of human diets Most popular books on human evolu­tion leverage the discovery of a new fossil to reassess how paleoanthro­pologists have pieced together our evolutionary history. In Evolution's Bite , Peter Ungar takes a very dif­ferent approach, focusing on the structure and function of teeth to chart the dietary adaptations of living primates and fossil and archaeological hominin populations.
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203