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        Guts and Brains

        An Integrative Approach to the Hominin Record

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        Roebroeks, Wil
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        English
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        Abstract
        The human brain and its one hundred billion neurons compose the most complex organ in the body and harness more than 20 per cent of all the energy we produce. Why do we have such large and energy-demanding brains, and how have we been able to afford such an expensive organ for thousands of years? Guts and Brains discusses the key variables at stake in such a question, including the relationship between brain size and diet, diet and social organization, and large brains and the human sexual division of labour. This interdisciplinary volume provides an entry for the reader into understanding the development of both early primates and our own species
         
        Waarom hebben wij zulke grote en energie-vretende hersenen? Hoe kunnen we ons zo'n duur orgaan permitteren, en hoe deden Neandertalers dat, hun brein was immers minstens zo groot als dat van de moderne mens? In deze bundel behandelen vooraanstaande onderzoekers de verwevenheid van belangrijke variabelen in deze, bijvoorbeeld de relatie tussen dieet en hersengrootte bij primaten, tussen dieet en sociale organisatie, en tussen grote, "dure" hersenen en de sexe-gebonden arbeidsverdeling bij hedendaagse jagers-verzamelaars. De bijdragen in Guts and Brains laten zien dat kleine veranderingen in het dieet van onze verre voorouders grote gevolgen hadden voor hun manier van leven en uiteindelijk ook voor die van de moderne mens. Daarmee geeft de bundel ons niet alleen een beter inzicht in de levenswijze van vroege mensachtigen maar ook in die van die eigenaardige primaat die wij Homo sapiens noemen, onze eigen soort.
         
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        http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/34803
        Keywords
        archeologie; archeology; anthropologie; homo sapiens; neandertals; brains; anthropology; Brain size; Evolution; Foraging; Hominini; Predation; Primate
        DOI
        10.24415/9789087280147
        ISBN
        9789087280147
        OCN
        311203870
        Publisher
        Leiden University Press
        Publisher website
        https://www.lup.nl/
        Publication date and place
        2007
        Series
        LUP Academic,
        Classification
        Archaeology
        Sociology and anthropology
        Pages
        280
        Public remark
        Relevant Wikipedia pages: Brain size - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_size; Evolution - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution; Foraging - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foraging; Hominini - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hominini; Neanderthal - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neanderthal; Predation - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predation; Primate - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primate
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        https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
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