ENVIRON 242 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Upper Paleolithic, Homo Erectus, Lower Paleolithic
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Learn the material in the phytochemical summary handout. Ethnobotany consists of traditional food processing, harvesting, plant usage, and ethnopharmacology. Not necessary for growth but rather for survival. Phytochemicals protect reason why need cooking, fermenting, leaching, and why kids don"t like certain vegetabes. I use the term cereals frequently in class. What are the major cereal crops upon which humans depend for food? (wheat, maize, rice, barley) Learn the basic information about summarized in the phytochemical handout. Of particular importance in addition to the classes are the following: Pay special attention to the cereals as you learn the material since these figure prominently in human diets worldwide. Common in cereals and legumes and nuts. Bonds with metals and causes indigestible precipitates. An alkaloid nitrogen-based compounds derived from amino acids. Acorns were a major staple food among california hunter-gatherers. Tannin: a phenolic compound (hydroxyl group attached to an aromatic ring (-oh): bind with proteins to form precipitate o.
