The Role of Plant Foods in the Evolution and Dispersal of Early Humans: A Perspec- tive from Across the Wallace Line
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2022-08-01Journal Title
Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für Urgeschichte
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1611-7948
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Kerns Verlag
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Florin, S. A. (2022). The Role of Plant Foods in the Evolution and Dispersal of Early Humans: A Perspec- tive from Across the Wallace Line. Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für Urgeschichte https://doi.org/10.51315/mgfu.2021.30002
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<jats:p>In recent years, new evidence for the early use of plant foods has challenged the stereotype of the meat-eating Paleolithic. Whilst often making up the smaller component of the diet, plant foods are key to hominin diets, carbohydrates especially providing an efficient energy resource. This paper reviews the current evidence for the role of plant foods in the evolution and dispersal of early modern humans and our closest ancestors, with a focus on new evidence for early diet from Island Southeast Asia, Australia and New Guinea. It demonstrates the importance of plant foods and their processing, to the dietary flexibility and adaptive capacity of our species.</jats:p>
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Australian Research Council Research Training Scholarship; Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering Postgraduate Research Award 11877; Wenner Gren Foundation Dissertation Fieldwork Grant 9260; Dan David Foundation Scholarship; Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage Irinjili Research Training Program Internship for Women
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2100-01-01
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.51315/mgfu.2021.30002
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/333872
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