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INDEX
Aborigines.
See
Australian
aborigines
Abri Pataud, France
archaeological site
Abri Romani, Barcelona
archaeological site
Aché Indians of Paraguay
Acids and protein denaturation
Acrylamide
Afzelia
beans/seeds
Aiello, Leslie
brain size/diet quality
intestinal system reduction
Airplane crash, Chilean Andes (1972)
Alexander, Richard
Alperson-Afil, Nira
Amenorrhea
Amygdala
Anatomical changes with diet
examples
islands and
overview
rapidity of
rate estimates
rate of
temporary vs. permanent changes
See also Homo species
;
specific anatomical parts
Andaman Islanders
bamboo use
fire and
tenderness of meat
turtles and
Animals (nonhuman)
females providing food to males
food competition
male food guarding
“respect for possession”
See also specific types
Antalya, Turkey
Apes brain size
Aranda foragers of central Australia
cooking techniques
corms
earth ovens
Archaeological evidence of cooking origins
burnt seeds
dates/sites
disagreement over
flints
glacier effects
group hunting
lightning strikes and
as not definitive
overview
span of
Homo sapiens
and
throwing spears
Ardrey, Robert
Arlin, Stephen
Atlas, Charles
Atwater, Wilbur Olin
background
determining food values
Atwater convention
alcohol
determining
digestibility and
digestion costs and
limitations
macronutrients amounts
macronutrients digested
macronutrients energy
modifications to
“real food” vs. “nutrients”
use
Atwater specific-factor system
Atwater’s general factors
Australian aborigines
acidic preparations of
damper (bread)
fire control and
Groote Eylandt Aborigines
hunted food and
nardoo plant
raw/cooked foods
satisfaction with life
sexual division of labor
turtle eggs and
wives importance
women’s food ownership
Yandruwandha aborigines
Australopithecines
anatomy/description
brain size/cranial capacity
climbing ability
descendents of
diet
digestive system
genera/species of
Homo erectus
and
locomotion
pre-australopithecine apes
predators and
raw meat and
sleeping places
teeth
time of
Australopithecus
afarensis
africanus
garhi
Baboons
chimpanzees and
diet
“respect for possession”
social relationships
Bacillus
food poisoning
Bacteria
fermentation and
toxins
Balance and inner ear
Balboa, Rocky
Bamboo use in cooking
BARF (Biologically Appropriate Raw Food)
Bats, fruit
Beaumont, William
background
digestive system study
Beeches Pit, England
archaeological site
Biological evidence of cooking origins
adaptations to diet overview
anatomical changes with diet
bones
cooked food preference
human/ancestors anatomical changes
teeth
See also Homo erectus
Biologically Appropriate Raw Food (BARF)
Blood pressure and Evo Diet experiment
Blubber
BMI.
See
Body mass index (BMI)
Boa constrictors anatomy and diet
Body mass index (BMI)
description
Giessen Raw Food study and
Body weight
Evo Diet experiment
Giessen Raw Food study
high-/low-GI foods
raw-foodism and
raw vs. cooked diets
vegetarians vs. meat eaters
See also
Obesity
Bodybuilders and raw eggs
Boehm, Christopher
Bomb calorimeter use
Bone mass and raw-foodism
Bonerif hunter-gatherers
cofeeding meaning
sago fork symbolism
sago palm tree and
women’s sexual freedom
Bonobos
fire and
food and gender
Kanzi
tolerance/cooperation
Boswell, James
Bovine serum albumin (BSA)
Brace, Loring
Brain size/cranial capacity
australopithecines
chimpanzees
cooking and
cooking techniques and
diet and
expensive tissue hypothesis and
habilines
Homo erectus
Homo heidelbergensis
Homo sapiens
intestinal system reduction and
pre-australopithecine apes
range size and
times of increase
variation in social primates
See also
Intelligence evolution
Brains
basal metabolic rate and
glucose/energy needs
orbito-frontal cortex
social brain hypothesis
Breadfruit
nonhuman primates and
sexual division of labor and
Brillat-Savarin, Jean Anthelme
chewing time
cooking importance
diet importance
quotes
sexual division of labor
tenderizing meat
British Broadcasting
Corporation
Brown fat of babies
BSA (bovine serum albumin)
Burke, Robert
Burmese python study
Bush babies
Bushman women of Kalahari Desert
Calories
empty calories
in Evo Diet experiment
See also
Energy
Campylobacter
food poisoning
Cancer and Maillard
compounds
Candide
(Voltaire)
Cannibalism
Capital punishment
Carbohydrates
amount digested
amount in food
cereals
digestion costs
energy from
human needs
See also
Starchy foods
Carnivore digestive system
colon size
food movement through
gut size
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
Cereal
statistics on
See also
Carbohydrates; Starchy foods
Chesowanja, Kenya
archaeological site
Chewing time
calories and
digestion time and
of humans
nonhuman primates
raw vs. cooked food
sexual division of labor and
vicar of Bregnier example

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