Evolution of the Human Diet
Presently, the state of people becoming poisoned by the food they are consuming is alarming. This has been attributed to the evolution of the human diet. Many health problems are related to the discordance that has been a result of diet changes that have outstripped the ability of genetic development to keep pace with the alternations in what people consume today (Ungar and Mark 145). Nutritionists today are arguing that there is increased inundated fat, high gleamy index carbohydrate, as well as sodium that together with unstable intakes of poly-saturated fatty acids and other pertinent nutrients had led to health disorders challenging the developed societies. Therefore, the evolution of diet has resulted in the …show more content…
Some of the disease being experienced include dental diseases, psychological stress, changes in growth and development, as well as the increase in infection. This is because society has underscored the pertinence of knowing the meals that preceded the cultivation of cereals and the taming of animals. In the article, it argues that slow growth and high mortality rates are highly associated with nutritional status. The early hominids are the cornerstone of assistance to the comprehension of the evolution of the human diet. The early hominids were mostly hunters and gatherers (Ungar and Mark 145). Undertaking the study on Hadza children, it is assumed that the hominids relied primarily on plant foods that were gathered. The type of human to have engaged in hunting and gathering was to Homo erectus. Due to hunting and gathering, Homo erectus is believed to have aspects of high fertility and long childhood. The early hominids relied on the underground water from storage such as tubers. During this time, there was no consumption of …show more content…
Digging sticks were used in the exploitation of the tubers. Not only the early hominids relied on the underground water to survive, but chimpanzee also depended on the same water to enhance their survival. Information of modern chimpanzees is used to speculate on both the macronutrient arrangement of the Australopithecine diet and food eaten by the early hominids (Ungar 196). Observably, the intake of fiber is high in modern chimpanzee compared with that of the modern man. The early man ate tubes to have fiber in the diet. The article gives that the plants being eaten by apes could have fallen under the group of food eaten by the early hominids. The knowledge of the evolution of the human diet can be correlated to the analysis of the digestive psychology of human and non-human. Some of the studies used to understand the evolution of the human diet are the use of oxygen, carbon, and strontium isotopes in the bones and teeth of the hominids. These studies reveal the consumption of animal products by the early
Presently, the state of people becoming poisoned by the food they are consuming is alarming. This has been attributed to the evolution of the human diet. Many health problems are related to the discordance that has been a result of diet changes that have outstripped the ability of genetic development to keep pace with the alternations in what people consume today (Ungar and Mark 145). Nutritionists today are arguing that there is increased inundated fat, high gleamy index carbohydrate, as well as sodium that together with unstable intakes of poly-saturated fatty acids and other pertinent nutrients had led to health disorders challenging the developed societies. Therefore, the evolution of diet has resulted in the …show more content…
Some of the disease being experienced include dental diseases, psychological stress, changes in growth and development, as well as the increase in infection. This is because society has underscored the pertinence of knowing the meals that preceded the cultivation of cereals and the taming of animals. In the article, it argues that slow growth and high mortality rates are highly associated with nutritional status. The early hominids are the cornerstone of assistance to the comprehension of the evolution of the human diet. The early hominids were mostly hunters and gatherers (Ungar and Mark 145). Undertaking the study on Hadza children, it is assumed that the hominids relied primarily on plant foods that were gathered. The type of human to have engaged in hunting and gathering was to Homo erectus. Due to hunting and gathering, Homo erectus is believed to have aspects of high fertility and long childhood. The early hominids relied on the underground water from storage such as tubers. During this time, there was no consumption of …show more content…
Digging sticks were used in the exploitation of the tubers. Not only the early hominids relied on the underground water to survive, but chimpanzee also depended on the same water to enhance their survival. Information of modern chimpanzees is used to speculate on both the macronutrient arrangement of the Australopithecine diet and food eaten by the early hominids (Ungar 196). Observably, the intake of fiber is high in modern chimpanzee compared with that of the modern man. The early man ate tubes to have fiber in the diet. The article gives that the plants being eaten by apes could have fallen under the group of food eaten by the early hominids. The knowledge of the evolution of the human diet can be correlated to the analysis of the digestive psychology of human and non-human. Some of the studies used to understand the evolution of the human diet are the use of oxygen, carbon, and strontium isotopes in the bones and teeth of the hominids. These studies reveal the consumption of animal products by the early