ANT214H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Paleoethnobotany, Zooarchaeology, Human Brain
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Stable isotope analysis: nitrogen isotopes = different forms of nitrogen in marine vs terrestrial plants/animals. Largest brain size and highest quality diet: high quality diet (including meat and fruits) to support metabolic deamnds of encephalization increase in brain size) Homo erectus migration: from africa to parts of old world correlate of dispersal distance is territory needs. & easier to grind: potato processing/preservation (in s. america, processing of bitter maniac (in africa, soybeans in asia, able to exploit diverse environments, dependant on develop strategies & techniques. Increasing energy returns for subsistence activities: raising nutritional quality of staple food items, ability to produce nutritionally dense diet to support demands of large brains, ability to obtain sufficient total energy to support large bodies and activity levels. Vivine = inhibits malaria infection: anti oxidants, anti inflammatory and hamper tumour growth. Isoflavones (soy products: weak estrogenic compounds influence endogenous sex hormone activity and cell proliferation and differentiation.
