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Edited by Alan L. Buchman. 674 pp., illustrated. Thorofare, NJ, SLACK Inc., 2006. $134.95. ISBN 978-1-55642-697-1.

It has been said that a strong gut has more advantages than a good brain. The evolution of the human diet over the past 5 million years demonstrates the spectacular adaptability of our digestive apparatus, as we went from a diet of leaves, stems, shoots, and fruit in the tropical rain forest to one high in meat on the savannah during the Paleolithic period to one high in starches after the dawn of agriculture in the Neolithic period 10,000 years ago. Traditional cultures reflect this diversity, seen in the animal-based fat- and protein-rich diet of the Eskimo and the carbohydrate-based . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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