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FOOD AND EVOLUTION Toward a Theory of Hllman Food Habits AND EVOLUTION Toward a Theory of Human Food Habits EDITED BY MAR'VIN HARRIS AND ERIC B. ROSS [iijiiJ TEMPLE UNIVERSITY PRESS ~ Philadelphia TempleUniversityPress, Philadelphia19122 Copyright© 1987byTempleUniversity. Allrightsreserved Published 1987 PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica Thepaperusedinthispublicationmeetstheminimumrequirementsof AmericanNationalStandardforInformationSciences-Permanenceof PaperforPrintedLibraryMaterials, ANSI239.48-1984 LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Foodandevolution. Includesbibliographiesandindexes. 1. Foodhabits. 2. Humanevolution. 3. Nutrition-Social aspects. 4. Man, Primitive-Food. I. Harris, Marvin, 1927 II. Ross, EricB. [DNLM: 1. FoodHabits. GT2860F686] GN407.F65 1986 306 86-5773 ISBN0-87722-435-8(alk. paper) Althoughnow substantiallyrevised, the initial drafts ofthe papers in this volume were presented at the 94th Symposium ofthe Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological ResearchatCedarKey, Florida, October23-30, 1983. Onbehalfofalltheparticipants, the editors wish to thank the foundation and its stafffor their support and advice. We were especially aware of our debts to Lita Osrnundsen, the foundation's director of research. The editors are also deeply grateful to the staff of Temple University Press, es peciallytoJane Cullen, Jennifer French, andJane Barryfor their heroicproduction and copyeditingfeats. Introduction 1 Part I. Theoretical Overview 1. An Overview ofTrends in Dietary Vlriation from 7 Hunter-Gatherer to Modern CapitalistSocieties ERIC B. ROSS 2. Foodways: Historical Overview and Theoretical 57 Prolegomenon MARVIN HARRIS Part II. BioevolutionaryAntecedents and Constraints 3. Primate Diets and Gut Morphology: Implications for 93 Hominid Evolution KATHi\RINE MILTON 4. Omnivorous Primate Diets and Human 117 Overconsumption ofMeat WILLIAM]. HAMILTON III 5. Fava Bean Consumption: A Case for the Co 133 Evolution ofGenes and Culture SOL()MON H. KATZ Part III. Nutritional and Biopsychological Constraints 6. Problems and Pitfalls in the Assessment ofHuman 163 Nutritional Status P. L. PELLETT 7. Psychobiological Perspectives on Food Preferences 181 and Avoidances PAUL ROZIN 8. The Preference for Animal Protein and f'at: A 207 Cross-CulturalSurvey H. LEOr~ ABRAMS, JR. Vll Contents 9. Biocultural Consequences ofAnimals Versus Plants 225 as Sources ofFats, Proteins, and Other Nutrients LESLIE SUE LIEBERMAN Part IV. Pre-State Foodways: Past and Present 10. The Significance ofLong-Term Changes in Human 261 Dietand Food Economy MARK N. COHEN 11. Life in the "Garden ofEden": Causes and 285 Consequences ofthe Adoption ofMarine Diets by HumanSocieties DAVID R. YESNER 12. The Analysis ofHunter-Gatherer Diets: Stalkingan 311 Optimal ForagingModel BRUCE WINTERHALDER 13. HowMuch Food Do Foragers Need? 341 KRISTEN HAWKES 14. Aboriginal Subsistence in a Tropical Rain Forest 357 Environment: Food Procurement, Cannibalism, and Population Regulation in Northeastern Australia DAVID R. HARRIS 15. Ecological and Structural Influences on the 387 Proportions ofWild Foods in the Diets ofTwo Machiguenga Communities ALLENJOHNSON and MICHAEL BAKSH 16. Limiting Factors in Amazonian Ecology 407 KENNETH R. GOOD PartV. The Political Economy and the Political Ecology of Contemporary Foodways 17. Loaves and Fishes in Bangladesh 427 SHIRLEY LINDENBAUM 18. Animal Protein Consumption and the Sacred Cow 445 Complex in India K. N. NAIR VIn Contents 19. The Effects ofColonialism and Neocolonialism on the 455 Gastronomic Patterns ofthe Third 'Vorld RICHARD W. FRANKE 20. Stability and Change in Highland Andean Dietary 481 Patterns BENjAlvlIN S. ORLOVE 21. Social Class and Diet in ContemporaryMexico 517 GRI~TEL H. PELTO 22. From Costa Rican Pasture to North American 541 Hamburger Mi\RC EDELMAN Part VI. Discussion and Conclusions 23. The Evolution ofHuman Subsistence 565 ANl'~AROOSEVELT 24. BioculturalAspects ofFood Choice 579 GEORGE ARMELAGOS Mterword 595 About the Contributors 601 Glossary 607 Name Index 613 Subject Index 625 IX
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