The omnivorous mind
Subtitle: our evolving relationship with food
By: John S. Allen
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9780674055728
Subjects: Nutrition; Evolution; Omnivores; Food; Cognition; Food habits; Psychological aspects; Diet; Brain; Human evolution
Description: Explores how the everyday activity of eating provides deep insights into humanity's cultural and biological heritage, starting with the diets of our earliest ancestors, and examines eating's role in the evolution of the brain.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Crispy; title: The Two-Legged, Large-Brained, Small-Faced, and Superomnivorous Ape; title: Food and the Sensuous Brain; title: Eating More, Eating Less; title: Memories of Food and Eating; title: Categories : Good Food, Bad Food, Yes Food, No Food; title: Food and the Creative Journey; title: Theory of Mind, Theory of Food?