Evolutionary Orthodontics arrives
Read Time: < 1 min Great new video about improving facial and dental form according to cutting edge evolutionary thinking
Evolution
Humans are extraordinary. They stand upright, have hairless bodies and the largest brains for body weight of any large animal. How did this come to be? What part did diet play in this process?
The Paleo diet suggests that the best food to eat are those which we evolved on, and that many modern diseases are a consequence of the mismatch between our genes and the modern environment and diet. These posts explore these fascinating ideas.
How can bitter foods be good for us when they taste so bad? – Resolving the paradox
Read Time: 13 min Keir Watson presents his carefully argued hypothesis based on evolutionary considerations of hunter-gatherer feast-famine cycles, that explains why bitter foods stimulate cellular functions essential for health.
Paleo veggies (video and infographic)
Read Time: 5 min Spoiler Alert! The Paleo diet included veggies. Recent evidence confirms the obvious: our hunter gatherer ancestors both hunted AND gathered.
Neanderthal Herbal Medicine
Read Time: 6 min Recent evidence has uncovered the use of herbal medicines amongst our closest evolutionary cousin. We look at the therepeutic properties of these herbs.
The Waterside Ape on BBC Radio 4
Read Time: < 1 min Listen Again: an excellent introduction into controversial theory that humans evolved in riverside / shoreline environments.
GUEST POST from Miki Ben-Dor: “Big brains needed carbs” (???)
Read Time: 9 min Miki Ben-Dor from Tel Aviv University brings his expertise of paleo-anthropology to bear on the question of whether cooked starches drove human evolution.
Did cooked tubers drive human evolution?
Read Time: 12 min Recent claims that starchy tubers drove human brain evolution are put under the microscope. Studies of the Hadza suggest otherwise.
Seafood, Sex and Evolution (3 videos)
Read Time: 2 min Watch our recent public talk on the role of seafood in brain health, evolution and female sexiness. (Three videos)
Milk & Alcohol – was the good Doctor on to something?
Read Time: 5 min Milk and alcohol – which featured in Dr Feelgood’s 1978 hit of the same name – have opposing effects on gut health.
Why were ancient teeth healthier than ours?
Read Time: 13 min Unpicking the complexities of how human oral health changed with the advent of agriculture.
Marrow Bones
Read Time: 3 min Cheap, delicious and nutritious. Bone marrow was a key Palaeolithic food.
Endurance Running and Superior Throwing Provide Evidence of Man’s Evolutionary Diet
Read Time: 5 min Further evidence for ‘man the hunter’ origins Humans are the best long distance runners in the animal kingdom Recent analysis shows we have evolved superior throwing …